Norman Forster OWEN

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Service Number:	2448
Enlisted:	15 May 1916, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Richmond Plains, Loddon, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 22 March 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on 24 March 1952 with remains being scattered at the cemetery. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

15 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2448, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brunswick, Victoria
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2448, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2448, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
8 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2448, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Arthur Owen an dMinnie Stewart Owen nee Morris of Church Street, Richmond, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 aboard HT Prinz Hubertus disembarking on 24 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1923c Norman married Emily Groener in Victoria