William Sydney OWEN

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Service Number:	5766
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1878
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Nedlands, Western Australia, 1 August 1964, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Anglican, Mon. A7, Grave 0406
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5766, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Fremantle, WA
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5766, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5766, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Captured at Bapaume while wounded in the head, shoulder and breast. Interned at Limburg, Germany. Repatriated to England on 2 December 1918
1 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5766, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Nairn Street, Fremantle, WA

Son of Robert Owen and Clara Owen nee O,Byrne of Fremantle, WA.

Next of kin given as his sisiter of Clara Sophia Flindell of Bunbury, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 20 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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