OWERS, James Henry
Service Numbers: | 5121, 687, 3661 |
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Enlisted: | 3 November 1915, Holdsworthy |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1 August 1882 |
Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Labourer / Council employee |
Died: | Illness, Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, 19 August 1939, aged 57 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Catholic Section M2 15 1998 |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 5121, 3rd New South Wales Imperial Bushmen | |
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1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 687, 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3661, 18th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3661, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3661, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
29 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3661, 18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
James Henry OWERS was born in Cooma, NSW on 1st August, 1882
His parents were James OWERS & Margaret McDONALD
He served with the 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen & the 2nd NSW Mounted Rifles during the Boer War
He returned to Australia and enlisted for WW1 on 3rd November, 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 18th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements on the HMAT Aeneas on 20th December, 1915 - he returned to Australia on 4th May, 1917 and was discharged on 29th August, 1917
James died in Sydney on 19th August, 1939 & is buried in the Catholic Section of Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney