Percy Irvine Haylock OWEN

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OWEN, Percy Irvine Haylock

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	8 November 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gibraltar, 18 November 1890
Home Town:	Bellambi, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling:	Felsted School, Essex, England
Occupation:	Planter
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 22 September 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Grave LXI. B. 9.
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World War 1 Service

8 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Holdsworthy
31 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 58th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1916:	Involvement 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
3 Nov 1916:	Embarked 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
10 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
22 Sep 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-22

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 26 and the son of Lt. Col. Robert Haylock Owen, C.M.G., and Hilda Grace Owen of Morton Grange, Thornbury, Glos., England.

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