William Charles OWENS

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OWENS, William Charles

Service Number:	126
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1880
Home Town:	Booval, Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1940, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Plot: Methodist Uniting Church New B, Row 10, Grave 18
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 126, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 126, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 126, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Charles Owens was born on 30 Jan 1880 at Ipswich, Queensland, a son to Robert Owens and Elizabeth Owens (nee Davis). On enlistment for the 5th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his brother Hugh William Owens at Booval, Queensland, with instructions for part of his service pay to go to his brother. Boer War Service Paybooks for 5th QIB held by Qld State Archives indicate that this was changed as his brother had passed and his funeral was on the day the unit embarked for South Africa.

He married Ada Laura Agnes Trevis on 13 Feb 1904 in Queensland and they had 7 children, and was last residing at Silkstone, Ipswich, Queensland.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, p. 153).

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