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Service Number:	1025
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1876
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1957, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England area H, Grave 701
Memorials:

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1025, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1025, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1025, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
13 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1025, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unft due to ortitis and rheumatism

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Son of John Owens and Elizabeth Owens nee Bowman of Williamstown, Victoria.

Husband of Rosina (Rose) Maud Owens of Station Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Hugh and Rose married during 1906c in Victoria

Commened return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 12 May 1917

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