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Jack OWENS

Regimental number2933
Place of birthCharters Towers Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStriker
AddressDuchess Hotel, Duchess, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Ellen Torpy, 42 Morgan Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date24 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialWhite House Cemetery (Bavaria House Cemetery Memorial No. 15), St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth TORPY (formerly OWENS), 82 Johns Street, Valley, Brisbane and the late Herbert OWENS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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