Ernest John OWEN

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Service Number:	2373
Enlisted:	14 April 1916, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Gundagai, Gundagai, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:	Gundagai War Memorial

14 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2373, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2373, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
22 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2373, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chronic rheumatism and senility

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Son of Robert Owen and Helen Jane Marion Owen of Belleview, Gundagai, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 18 October 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 10 December 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal