William OWENS

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Service Number:	4313
Enlisted:	11 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kensington, South Australia, 20 August 1888
Home Town:	Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Mundaring, Western Australia, 1957, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Grave may have been reclaimed
Memorials:

11 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4313, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4313, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4313, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
28 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4313, 28th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the left leg
3 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4313, Second occasion. Wound to the right leg. Invalided to England on 6 October 1918
31 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4313, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of James Owens and Sarah Ann Owens nee Evans of West Guildford, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara as wounded disembarking on 5 February 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1927c William married Ester Mary Broadstock in Perth, WA