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Service Number:	378
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stockport, England, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Died:	Shell wounds to abdomen and left arm, France, 14 April 1916
Cemetery:	Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension Plot 1, Row H, Grave 18,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 378, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 378, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 378, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Next of kin was given as his sister Eliza Owen of 6 Carlton Crescent, Stockport, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal