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OWEN, Percy Thomas
Service Number: | 1209 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1209 | |
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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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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