Aaron Augustus OWEN

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Service Number:	3161
Enlisted:	21 September 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Toronto, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Boolaroo, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Ashes scattered in a general plot. No memorial in the cemetery
Memorials:	Toronto Public School Pupils HB, Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll, Toronto War Memorial

21 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3161, 54th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
11 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3161, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 3161, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
1 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3161, 54th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder. Invalided to England on 5 September 1918
30 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3161, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Moses Owen and Harriet Owen of Springfield, Toronto, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 6 January 1919 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 14 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Aaron married Ethel M. Hardy in Liverpool, NSW