Oliver Oscar Oswald OWEN

OWEN, Oliver Oscar Oswald

    Service Number: 862
    Enlisted: 31 January 1916, West Maitland
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Plattsburg, Newcastle, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 18 March 1956
    Cemetery: Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium)
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    Memorials: Hamilton War Memorial, Wallsend Soldier's Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    31 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 862, 34th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland
    2 May 1916: Involvement Private, 862, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked Private, 862, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    6 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 862, 34th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds.
    3 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 862, 34th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Wylie Stephen Owen and Eliza Owen nee Harriman of Minmi Road, Plattsburg, Newcastle, NSW 

    On 3 september 1917 Oliver married Elizabeth Cotter in Christ Church, Soulcoates, Kingston upon Hull, England. H.E. Heinekey officiated. Elizabeth died during 1930 at Wallsend, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia  on 6 May 1919 aboard Kaiser-i-Hind disembarking on 19 June 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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