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OWENS, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1282 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Wales, UK , 1886 |
| Home Town: | Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1282, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Casula, NSW | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1282, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1282, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1282, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1282, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 26 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1282, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Gassed. Invalided to England on 22 April 1918 | |
| 4 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1282, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Owen Owens and Jane Owens of Wales, England
Husband of Ellen Owens nee McEvoy of Woonona, Illawarra, NSW.
Commenced return to Australia 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 11 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal