Frank Benjamin OWENS

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Service Number:	2296
Enlisted:	3 January 1915, Enlisted at Glenelg, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Whittlesea, Whittlesea, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Memorials:	Whittlesea War Memorial

3 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2296, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Glenelg, Victoria
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2296, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2296, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
17 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 5th Battalion
16 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, From 57th Battalion
2 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 2296, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military Districg

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Son of Benjamin Owens and Martha Owens nee Wallace of Whittlesea, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 8 April 1919 aboard HT Trasos-Montes disembarking on 22 May 1919.

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

During 1922c Frank married Dorothy Gladys Lowman in Victoria