Robert Gordon OWENS

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Service Number:	444
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, April 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Ashes interred in the Garden Wall of Remembrance 3 Niches, Section 2, Wall B, Niche 71
Memorials:	South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 444, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Albert Park, Victoria
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 444, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 444, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 444, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Severe wound to the left foot.
10 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 444, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Joseph Owens and Isabella Owens nee Kelly of Napier Street, South Melbourne, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 August 1918 aboard HT Medic, submarine guard duty, disembarking on 11 October 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922c Robert married Elsie Margaret Whitleef in Victoria

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