Phillip Ernest OWEN

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Service Number:	3644
Enlisted:	10 November 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Penshurst, Hurstville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Memorials:

10 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3644, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 3644, 1st Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 3644, 1st Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
11 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From 1st Pioneer Battalion
8 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3644, 17th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 12 April 1918
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, From 17th Battalion
19 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 17th Infantry Battalion, From Machine Gun Details
24 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3644, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Phillip Owen and Mary Owen of Balmain, NSW.

Husband of Jessie Owen nee Bell of Ocean Street, Penshurst, NSW. Phillip and Jessie married during 1913c in Randwick, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia 25 January 1919 aboard HT Ceramic disembarking on 14 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney by boat.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal