Benjamin OWENS

OWENS, Benjamin

    Service Number: 6109
    Enlisted: 8 October 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in action, France, 5 April 1918
    Cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery
    Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 17
    Memorials:
    Show Relationships

    World War 1 Service

    8 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6109, 5th Infantry Battalion
    28 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 6109, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 6109, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    23 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 39th Infantry Battalion

    Help us honour Benjamin Owens's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Benjamin was one of four sons of Benjamin and Jane Owens of Collingwood, Victoria, who served in the AIF during WW1. Benjamin’s older brother, 1716 Pte. John Henry William Owens, 21st Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Mouquet Farm during 1916, aged 33.

    Two other brothers Emil Owens 6th Battalion and David Owens 13th Light Horse Regiment returned to Australia in 1919.

    Links and Documents