Herbert Edward Roy OWEN

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OWEN, Herbert Edward Roy

Service Number:	6871
Enlisted:	11 October 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 29 March 1895
Home Town:	New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Lindisfarne State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 14 March 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Spoilbank Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 8. BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. OWEN NEW TOWN, TASMANIA PEACE PERFECT PEACE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Kettering State School Honour Roll, St Martin's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

11 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6871, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6871, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6871, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Herbert was one of the three sons of Harry Robert and Sarah Owen, of New Town, Tasmania, who all enlisted in the 12th Infantry Battalion. He was known as ‘Roy’ to his family and friends.

His brother 6847 Pte Archie Walter Owen died from wounds 23rd July 1918 and was buried in the Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.

Another brother 3326 Pte Reginald Tudor Owen was invalided back to Tasmania with a gunshot wound to the right foot and a fractured left ankle.

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