Owen Jones DAVIES

DAVIES, Owen Jones

Service Number: 3297
Enlisted: 6 September 1915, Warwick Farm
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company
Born: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1893
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Postal Clerk
Died: Natural causes, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia, 28 March 1957, aged 63 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3297, 13th Infantry Battalion, Warwick Farm
12 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3297, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
12 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3297, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
28 Jun 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery
21 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Divisional Signal Company
5 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company
25 Mar 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 3297, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company, HT Port Denison, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 13 May 1919
5 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3297, Australian Corps Headquarters Signal Company

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In 1920, WWl veteren Owen Jones Davies planted a pine cone seed, from Gallipoli, at the Oatley Memorial Park. His ashes were later scattered here by hi son, WWll veteren John Graham Davies, in 1958.