John James OWEN MC

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	16 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1887
Home Town:	Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Forth Street Model School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Mercer & Draper
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
19 Dec 1917:	Involvement 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1917:	Embarked 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
23 May 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, During the advance of Rainecourt, east of Amiens, on 9th August 1918, this officer led his men, with the greatest courage and skill, to their objective, personally superintending the consolidation of the position, moving from post to post under heavy machine gun and shell fire. In the advance he encountered a hostile post. He unhesitatingly rushed it, with one man, and killed or wounded the garrison of five. Commonwealth Gazette 61, on 23 May 1919
1 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 18th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of John Duncan Owen and Sarah Julia Owen of Haroldene Holborrow Street, Croydon, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Ludwig

Medals: Military Cross, British War Medal, Victory Medal