Robert OWENS

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Service Number:	206
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Merioneth, New South Wales, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Wollongong Cemetery, NSW War Wall M
Memorials:

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
11 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 206, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the hands.
31 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion
6 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 206, 45th Infantry Battalion , Second occasion. Wound to the leg. Embarked for England on 11 August 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 206, 45th Infantry Battalion , Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Merionethshire is in NSW is about 340km north-northwest of Sydney. Merioneth is at an altitude of about 286m above sea level.

Next of kin given as his aunt Mrs. Montgomery, Brunker Street, Kurri Kurri, .NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 disembarking on 2 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal