James Edward OWEN

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Service Number:	2203
Enlisted:	21 September 1915, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Shropshire, England, 1897
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1921, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 21-3-1
Memorials:	Warwick War Memorial Gates

21 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2203, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2203, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
16 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Imperial Camel Corps
19 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 2203, Imperial Camel Corps , Wound to the foot
26 Jan 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2203, Imperial Camel Corps , Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to after effect of malaria and dysentry

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Son of Robert Owen and Rosa Rollings of Wood Street, Warwick, QLD.

Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1917 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 20 December 1917 at Sydney then overland to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal