Owen Stanley FRIEND

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FRIEND, Owen Stanley

Service Numbers:	1205, 4157
Enlisted:	27 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	12th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Epping, New South Wales,Australia, 2 August 1897
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Manly Public School, New South Wales,Australia
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

27 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1205, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1205, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1205, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
12 Aug 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Field Company Engineers
15 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 12th Field Company Engineers
17 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4157, 12th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières

Owen Stanley/ Stanley Owen Friend

Enlisted at age 18 years and 5 months, son of Richard and Louisa.

He originally embarked with the service number 1205 with the 20th Infantry Battalion. . On 12 Aug 1916 he was briefly transferred to the 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers, and then as Sapper to the 12th Field Company, Australian Engineers with a new Service Number of 4157.

Submitted 2 August 2016 by William Friend

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Owen Stanley FRIEND was born on 2nd August, 1897 in Epping, NSW

His parents were Richard Owen FRIEND and Louisa Henrietta TWIGHT who married on 24th June, 1893 in Marrickville, Sydney

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