Phillip OWEN

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Service Number:	28889
Enlisted:	17 March 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Swansea, South Wales, 1888
Home Town:	Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

17 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 28889, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
4 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 28889, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 28889, Medium Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
12 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
28 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 28889, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Phillip Foster Owen of Maes Street, Llangenneck near Llanlly, Carmarthenshire, South Wales.

Commenced return to Australia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on 20 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal