Eric Albert OWEN

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Service Number:	22258
Enlisted:	19 June 1917, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	Field Company Engineers
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Malvern East, Victoria, Australia, 6 December 1953, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 7 December 1953. Melaleuca, Garden M 10, Bed 3, Rose 01 and held in perpetuity for all time.
Memorials:	Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

19 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 22258, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Bendigo, Victoria
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Sapper, 22258, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918:	Embarked Sapper, 22258, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Persic, Sydney
25 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 22258, Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the #rd Military District as medically unfit due to otitis media and defective vision

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as 'Lansdowne', Williamson Street, Bendigo, Victoria

Son of Frederick James Owen and Julia Eliza Owen nee Bush of Heathcote, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 25 April 1919

Medal: British War Medal

During 1919c Eric married Jessie May Keilar