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Service Number:	166
Enlisted:	28 December 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born:	Wanganni, New Zealand, 1876
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, 2 December 1950, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Old Section, AIF Wall, Panel D, Niche 046
Memorials:

28 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 166, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 166, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 166, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
15 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 166, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of William James Owen and Isabella Owen of Wanganni, NZ. Birth name registered as Henry Owen but was alway called Harry

During 1904c Harry married Hannah Veronica Doyle in Hamilton, NSW. Address at the time of enlistment was George Street, Erskineville, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 27 June 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal