Edwin OWEN

OWEN, Edwin

    Service Number: 6418
    Enlisted: 18 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Robe, South Australia, 22 May 1890
    Home Town: Robe, Robe, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farm Labourer
    Died: Natural causes (sudden), Kensington, South Australia, 18 October 1950, aged 60 years
    Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
    Acacia A Path AO Grave 921 - site expired
    Memorials: Robe War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Adelaide, South Australia
    31 Oct 1915: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, "Unlikely to become an efficent soldier"
    17 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6418, Ballarat, Victoria
    23 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6418, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6418, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    28 May 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6418, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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    Biography

    Enlisted 18 August 1915 at Adelaide, SA
    Discharged 01 September 1915 as 'Unlikely to become an efficient soldier'
    Enlisted 17 October 1916 at Ballarat, Vic.
    Embarked 23 November 1916 per 'Honorata' from Melbourne, Vic.
    Served in France
    Wounded in action GSW Right Eye and Chest
    Returned to Australia 30 January 1918 per 'Euripides'

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