Frank Albert Henry OWEN

OWEN, Frank Albert Henry

    Service Number: 2245
    Enlisted: 4 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 2 August 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria
    M-209A-0016. Interred on 5 November 1959. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    1 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 2245, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
    1 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 2245, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    6 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 57th Battalion
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 59th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
    7 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 59th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed
    9 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to melancholia

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James William Owen and Bertha Owen nee Lambert of Younger Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria.

    Commenced return to Australia on 28 March 1919 aboard HT Karoa disembarking on 8 May 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Durint 1921c Frank married Jennie Thomas in Victoria

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