AMOS, Owen Eugene
| Service Number: | 3007 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 January 1917, Sydney New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Herberton, Queensland, Australia , 15 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draftman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 September 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon III C I, Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, Roisel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3007, 36th Infantry Battalion, Sydney New South Wales | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3007, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3007, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 30 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 3007, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3007 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-30 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Owen Alexander Eugene AMOS, (Service Number 3007) born at Herberton, Qld, in 1889, was the son of a Qld railway surveyor, Owen Livingstone Amos, and probably for this reason was sometimes known not by his first name but as ‘Eugene’. He matriculated from the Brisbane Grammar School in 1906 and appears to have worked as a surveyor’s assistant before enlisting under his full name as an artilleryman in Queensland in July 1915. He married Dorothy Warner at St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, on 30 August 1915, but was discharged in December, his military record stating ‘unlikely to become an effective soldier and for gross misconduct’. Travelling to Sydney, he was employed by the Public Works department as a draftsman, on 1 January 1917 being transferred to the NSWGR when the Railway Construction Branch was transferred to them. On 13 January 1917 he re-enlisted in Sydney, giving his name as ‘Owen Eugene Amos’ and not mentioning his previous service in Queensland.
He was embarked from Sydney in May 1917, arrived in England in July, and spent the next eight months in camp and training. He was sent to France in March 1918. In August 1918 he received a gunshot wound in the thigh. Just over a month after being back in the line he was killed in action on 30 September 1918. He is buried in St Emilie Valley British Cemetery, 8½ miles NE of Péronne.
His son Owen Reid Amos, born in North Sydney in 1916, was killed in action in New Guinea in 1942.
(NAA B2455-3033087)
Submitted 9 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Owen Livingstone and Mary Grey AMOS
Husband of Dorothy AMOS
Of 'Alandale' Ridley St., Auchenflower, Brisbane, Qld.
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