Thomas Francis OWEN

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Service Number:	5169
Enlisted:	6 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

6 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5169, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5169, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5169, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion. At Tel-el-Kebir
30 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company, From 54th Battalion
20 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5169, 14th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Son of Joseph Solomon Owen and Mary Ann Ellen Owen of Clare Street, Rozelle, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 January 1918 aboard HT Port Darwin disembarking on 7 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal