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Owen REES

Regimental number4624
Place of birthToowong Queensland
ReligionBaptist
OccupationSalesman
AddressWool Street Terraces, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mr H Rees, Wool Street Terraces, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1917
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row A, Grave No. 1A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
77
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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