Claude Edgar OWEN

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Service Number:	146A
Enlisted:	29 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Australian General Hospital
Born:	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, March 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Joshua, Jordon Lawn, Row V, Grave 50. Interred on 30 March 1947
Memorials:

29 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
18 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital, RMS Mooltan, Melbourne
7 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital, Discharged at the 3rd Military District
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
Date unknown:	Embarked Private, 146A, 1st Australian General Hospital

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Son of William Owen and Mary Owen nee White of Brunswick, Victoria.

Next of kin given as his sister D.R. Owen C/- Mrs Collins, Combermere Street, Essendon, Victoria later changed to his brother Herbert Owen.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919

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

During 1924c Claude married Muriel Jean Conroy in Victoria