Walter Henry OWEN MSM

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OWEN, Walter Henry

Service Number:	663
Enlisted:	19 October 1914, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Sleaford, Lincoln, England, 1891
Home Town:	Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
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World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 663, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Guildford, WA
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 663, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 663, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
29 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 663, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wound to the right leg
3 Jun 1919:	Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM), London Gazette on 3 June 1919, page 6934, position 7 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 6 October 1919, page 1463, position 11
29 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 663, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged in London, England, unit demobilised

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Walter Owen of 'Dentcliffe', Doddington Road, Swallowbeck, Lincoln, England.

In 1919 Walter was approved for a Crown Lands farm for former soldier and sailors. He was allotted the 116 acre Bridge End Farm at Horbling in the Swanton Parish, Lincoln, England

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

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