Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

From How We Served
 
The final resting place for; - 3326 & V15440 Private Reginald Tudor Owen of Hobart, Tasmania and Koroit, Victoria who prior to his enlistment for War Service on the 30th of July 1915 had been employed as a farm laborer.

Reginald was allocated to reinforcements for the 26th Battalion 1st AIF, and was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 13th of December. Following his arrival, and with the Gallipoli campaign now over, Roy was formally taken on strength with the 12th Battalion on the 11th of March 1916, and with this Unit he was shipped to France where he was disembarked on the 15th of July.

Very soon after his arrival, Roy entered the trenches of Pozieres. It was during his first action on the 25th of July, that Reginald sustained serious shrapnel wounds to his legs and feet, with one leg being fractured, another broken, and he lost two toes.

Evacuated for hospitalization, Reginald arrived in England and was admitted into the 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield. Here Roy world be treated for his multiple wounds before being moved to the 2nd Convalescent Depot at Weymouth.

No longer deemed fit for active service, Reginald began his repatriation back to Australia as an invalid, departing England on the 13th of February 1917.

Reginald would undergo further medical treatment for his wounds sustained in Northern France, and on the 13th of September 1917 he received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life.

On hearing of their older brother being seriously wounded, his two brothers, Roy and Archie immediately enlisted with the 1st AIF. Both would make the supreme sacrifice.

6871 Private Herbert Edward Roy Tudor serving with the 12th Battalion was Killed in Action in Belgium on the 14th of March 1918, and his younger brother 6874 Private Archie Walter Owen, as well serving with the 12th Battalion Died of Wounds received on the 23rd of July 1918.

Following the outbreak of a Second World War, Roy again presented himself for service with the Australian Military Forces and was accepted for full time home duties.

Allocated to Headquarters Lines of Communication Area, Roy too would make the supreme sacrifice when whilst on service he succumbed to illness on the 11th of September 1944. Roy was aged 53.

Following his death whilst again serving in the Australian Military Forces, Great War veteran, Private Roy Owen, was formally interred within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.