John Alexander OWEN

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Service Number:	2414
Enlisted:	28 February 1916, Enlisted at Prahran
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Austraia, 1894
Home Town:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

28 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2414, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Prahran
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 2414, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2414, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Son of Owen and Margaret Owen of 25 Thomas Street, Windsor, Vic; later of Balranald, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal