Peter OWENS

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Service Number:	116
Enlisted:	1 March 1916, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Pyramid Hill, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pyramid Hill Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Pyramid Hill Central Molga School Roll of Honour

1 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the head and right foot. Embarked for England on 9 June 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
14 Jun 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the right leg.
16 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 116, 38th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Patrick Owens and Mary Ann Owens nee Maloney of Pyramid Hill, Victoria,

Husband of Mary Owens nee Murphy of Pyramid Hill, Victoria. Peter and Mary married during 1909c in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 10 March 1919

MedalsL British War Medal, Victory Medal