James OWENS

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Service Number:	6326
Enlisted:	12 January 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 November 1900
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Axeman
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 March 1934, aged 33 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 10-68-13
Memorials:

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6326, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD
7 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6326, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6326, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
26 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6326, 15th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock.
20 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps School (AIF)
19 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Corps Working Party
4 Dec 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion
13 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6326, 15th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Enlisted while underage

Son of Richard Charles Owens and Margaret Owens nee Kelly of Brisbane, QLD.

Next of kin given as his sister Alice Miller of East Street, Rockhampton, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1919 aboard HT Port Napier disembarking on 4 July 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal