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Service Numbers:	1737, 1373
Enlisted:	22 March 1916, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Beaufort, Victoria, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 27 July 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bendigo Public Cemetery, Victoria Mon C1, Grave 40220 which appears to be unmarked. Commemorated in the Ballarat Avenue of Honour, with a Populus Nigra Italica tree and a plaque number 2022
Memorials:

22 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1737, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1373, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1373, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
2 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
6 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1737, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of John Owen and Letitia Owen nee Douglas of Ascot Street, Ballarat South, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 28 August 1919 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on 23 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal