Alfred Henry OWENS

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Service Number:	3104
Enlisted:	12 July 1915, Enlisted at Cobram, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 16 October 1890
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1971, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Colac General Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

12 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3104, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cobram, Victoria
29 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 3104, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
29 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 3104, 7th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
4 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 7th Battalion
29 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3104, 2nd Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to fractures to the left tibia

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Son of William Owens and Claire Frances Owens nee Molyneux of Arnold Street, South Yarra, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 January 1919 aborad HT Mawari disembarking on 4 March 1919

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