Percy Thomas OWEN

OWEN, Percy Thomas

    Service Number: 1209
    Enlisted: 21 September 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Boundary Road, North Melbourne
    Occupation: Stove Fitter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1209
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 1209, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 1209, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Birth registered in 1893; number 33516

    Son William Earnest Owen and Florence Louisa Owen nee Reynolds of 102 Barkly Street, Brunswick, Victoria, Brother of Minnie Owen and Thomas Hudson Owen who was killed in action on 3 May 1917 while serving with the 22nd Battalion and is buried in the Queant Road Cemetery, Plot 11 Row G, Grave 21

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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