Arthur Leslie OWERS

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Service Number:	7778
Enlisted:	5 March 1917, Enlisted at Queenstown, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 4 June 1948, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Catholic Area, Portion M2, Row 14, Grave 861
Memorials:

5 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7778, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Queenstown, Tasmania
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement Private, 7778, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked Private, 7778, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7778, 12th Infantry Battalion, Gassed.
21 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7778, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit due to gassing

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Son of James Owers and Margaret Owers of Carrington Hotel High Street, West Maitland, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1919 aboard HT Delta disembarking on 7 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Hobart

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Post war Arthur was employed on the construction of the North Coast Railway Line