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OWEN, Oswald Frank Strickland
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3223 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Menzies, Western Australia, 27 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | East Perth, Perth Water, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Victoria Park, Western Australia, 21 September 1959, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden M, Position 0041 |
| Memorials: | East Fremantle Municipality Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3223, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 18 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3223, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 18 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3223, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, From 28th Battalion | |
| 7 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, From 24th Battalion | |
| 30 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3223, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas (Tom) Owen and Ada Adelaide Owen nee Strickland of Canning Road, East Fremantle, WA.
Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Oswald married Dorothy Anne Haring in Fremantle, WA.
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