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Service Number:	2422
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Cyffylliog, Ruthin, Wales, 1885
Home Town:	Curlewis, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fetler
Died:	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 4 December 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Section DD, Evergreen Shrub Garden 34, Site 2
Memorials:

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2422, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2422, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2422, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
14 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2422, 20th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the right hand. Embarked for England on 30 November 1916 aboard HS West Australia
26 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, From 20th Battalion
23 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, From 5th Machine Gun Company
30 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2422, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Daniel Owens and Sarah Owens of Cyffylliog, Ruthin, Wales.

Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Castalia disembarking on 30 May 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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