Ramsay OWENS

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Service Number:	1723
Enlisted:	21 August 1915, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 21 April 1896
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 November 1954, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot reads: 7A-144-30. Interred on 4 November 1954
Memorials:	Banana War Memorial, Shire of Banana Roll of Honour

21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD.
4 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1723, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1723, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
19 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Cyclist Company, From 2nd Light Horse Regiment
9 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, From 4th Division Cyclist Company
29 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1723, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Also known as Ramsay Jack Owens served as Ramsay Owens

Son of Richard Charles Owens and Margaret Pollocks formerly Owens nee Kelly of Albert Street, Rockhampton, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Ypringa disembarking on 5 July 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

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

On 17 November 1923 Ramsay married Elizabeth Marion MacDonald. Married as Ramsay Jack Owens