Richard Ernest (Dick) OWENS

OWENS, Richard Ernest

    Service Number: 1948
    Enlisted: 2 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: New South Wales, Australia, 6 October 1885
    Home Town: Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Stomach Cancer, Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1944, aged 59 years
    Cemetery: Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW
    Roman Catholic, Section C, Grave 1610. Interred on 2 January 1945 Commemorated on the Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ballarat
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall
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    World War 1 Service

    2 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1948, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
    4 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 1948, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
    4 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 1948, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    11 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1948, 36th Infantry Battalion, Remained on duty
    12 Jul 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1948, 36th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the knee
    30 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 36th Battalion
    9 May 1918: Imprisoned Captured while wounded (left shoulder).Interned Res Lax Schilles Schule, Wurzburg, Bayern. Later interned Hemmelburg, Germany Repatriated to England arriving on 30 December 1918
    25 Dec 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1948, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Rober Owens and Lavinia Owens of Sydney, NSW.

    Husband of Violet Pearl Owens nee Young of Burraneer Road, Cronulla, NSW. Richard and Violet married during 1908c in Glebe, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 March 1919 aboard HT Czar the transhipped on 10 April 1919 to HS Dongola disembarking on 16 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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