William Richard OWENS MM

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Service Numbers:	1166, 2150
Enlisted:	26 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Anglesea, Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Diamond Creek, Nillumbik, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Seaman
Memorials:

26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1166, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
26 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1166, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1166, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
7 Sep 1916:	Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 70 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 117
23 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 6th Infantry Battalion
30 Oct 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2150, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Otitis media

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Son of W. Owens of Edinburgh Street, Goole, Yorkshire, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917

Returned to Australia aboard HT Ayrshire on 17 July 1917 as medically unfit

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