Archie Walter OWEN

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OWEN, Archie Walter

Service Number:	6847
Enlisted:	27 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia, 1 May 1897
Home Town:	New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Lindisfarne State School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 July 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 101. BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. OWEN NEW TOWN, TASMANIA PEACE PERFECT PEACE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Kettering State School Honour Roll, St Martin's Anglican Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

27 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6847, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6847, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6847, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Pte. Archie Walter Owen was one of the three sons of Harry Robert and Sarah Owen of New Town, Tasmania who all enlisted in the 12th Infantry Battalion.

Archie and his brother Roy both enlisted during October 1916 after they received news that their brother Reginald had been severely wounded in the foot during the Battle of Pozieres.

By quirk of fate, Reg Owen would make it safely home to Tasmania, but his two brothers would not.

On 14 March 1918 Roy Owen was killed in action in Belgium when the Germans raided some outposts of the 12th Battalion trenches.

Archie was subsequently mortally wounded by multiple shrapnel injuries on the 23 July 1918 and died the same day.

Sadly, Reg Owen, the only survivor, would die of illness during 1944, serving in WW2.

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