Leslie Chalmers OWEN

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Service Number:	7773
Enlisted:	14 September 1915, Enlisted at National Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Bombardier
Last Unit:	2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Rydalmere, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Accountant
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 7 June 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:

14 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 7773, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at National Park, NSW
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 7773, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 7773, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Persic, Sydney
23 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7773, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Severe wound to the face. Embarked for England on 3 May 1917 aboard HS Warilda
7 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From 5th Field Artillery Brigad
23 Dec 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 7773, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Henry Joseph Owen and Annie Amelia Owen of Victoria Road, Rydalmere, NSW

On 4 February 1920 Leslie was supposed to marry Edith Maude Leys in Salisbury, England but it was cancelled

Commenced return to Australia on 24 April 1920 aboard HT Bahia Castella disembarking on 21 June 1920

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

During 1938c Leslie married Jean Enid Shakespeare in Gosford, NSW.