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Service Number:	2933
Enlisted:	24 October 1916, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 15 November 1898
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Striker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	White House Cemetery, Belgium Memorial 15. Rev. B.C. Wilson officiated. Inscription reads: The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour

24 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2933, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cloncurry, QLD
23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2933, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2933, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Son of Herbert William Owens and Elizabeth Ellen Torpy formernly Owens nee Parry of Morgan Street, Valley, Brisbane, QLD.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal