OWEN, Albert Edward
| Service Numbers: | 1273, 7690 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Kingston, Kingborough, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1 October 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Methodist D, Grave 165. Interred of 3 October 1948 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 12 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1273, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1273, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1273, 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to varicose veins | |
| 19 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7690, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 7690, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 7690, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 5 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 7690, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to varicose veins below the left knee |
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For clarification of Service please read page 32 of NAA Service record
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Owen and Annie Owen nee Newman of Collingwood, Victoria.
Husband of Catherine Annie Owen nee French of Colebrook, Kingston, Tasmania. Albert and Catherine married on 9 June 1909 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania. Father of Albert Edward Owen, David William Owen, Arthur Reginald Owen and Joyce Kathleen Cecily Owen.
Commenced return to Australia, first time, aboard HT Seang Choon for discharge disembarking on 18 August 1916
Commenced return to Australia on 15 September 1918 aboard HT Arawa disembarking on 17 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal