John Richard OWEN

OWEN, John Richard

    Service Numbers: 1664, 1662
    Enlisted: 7 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Service number altered from 1662 to 1664 prior to embarking
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Carnarvon, Wales, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sailor
    Died: Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 20 June 1915, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain L. Warner officiated Panel 42, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1664, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Service number altered from 1662 to 1664 prior to embarking
    19 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1662, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    19 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1662, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    20 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1664, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1664 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-06-20

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard David and Mary Owen od Wales. Next of kin given as his sister Mary Hudson Owen of 8 Harringate Avenue Liverpool, England, also brother of Augusta Margaret Owen

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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