Ernest OWENS

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Service Number:	881
Enlisted:	8 December 1914, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born:	Welshpool, Western Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Welshpool, Canning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	21 February 1953, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

8 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 881, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
17 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 881, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 881, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney
4 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, At Moascar
20 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
19 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 881, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Discharge at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Next of kin given as his sister S. Owens of Welshpool, Mount View, WA, later changed to hia mother F. Owens of Groespillian Welshpool, Wales.

Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Aeneas disembarking on 5 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal