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Benjamin OWENS

Regimental number6109
Place of birthCollingwood Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address39 Emerald Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Owens, 39 Emerald Street, Collingwood, Victoria
Enlistment date8 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 17), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3407 Pte Emil OWENS, 6th Bn, returned to Australia, 3 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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