William OWEN

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Service Number:	517
Enlisted:	22 June 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, 1893
Home Town:	Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:	Apple Tree Creek War Memorial (Digger)

22 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 517, 7th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 517, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 517, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
31 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company, From 7th Machine Gun Company
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 517, 12th Machine Gun Company, Wound to the head. Embarked for England on 19 July 1917 aboard HS Jan Breyfel
17 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 517, 12th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit as wounded.

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Son of Elizabeth Owen of 'Bellevue', Salt Hill, Slough, Buckinghamshire, England.

Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Mrs Trevor of Ibis Central Mill, Childers, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 19 October 1917 aboard HT Port Lyttleton disembarking on 15 December 1917 at Melbourne then overland to Brisbane

Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal