Thomas OWEN

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Service Number:	4771
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1872
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1942, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England, Row T, Grave 4722. Interred on 2 October 1942
Memorials:

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4771, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4771, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4771, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
25 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4771, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to senility

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Son of James Owen and Mary Ann Owen nee Morris of Ballarat, Victoria

Martial status given at the time of enlistment was given as widower. Thomas married Harriet Murray in 1895

Next of kin given as his daughter Lois Owen of Austin Street, Footscray, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 22 July 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal