James William OWEN

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Service Number:	25372
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Employment Company
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 6 February 1895
Home Town:	Mowbray, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 21 July 1944, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Australian Imperial Arch, 1 North, Number 2, F
Memorials:

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 25372, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Driver, 25372, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Driver, 25372, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
7 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, Australian Employment Company, From 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column
28 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 25372, Australian Employment Company, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Son of Thomas Owen and Sarah Owen nee McBain of Conway Street, Mowbray, Tasmania.

Commenced return to Australia on 9 December 1918 aboard HT Leicestshire disembarking on 22 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

On 3 December 1921 James married Melinda Florence Stevens in St George's Church, Hobart, Tasmania

Post war James worked as a grocer in Hobart.

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