Samuel James OWENS

Regimental number21318
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ethel May Owens, 30 First Avenue, Kingsland, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 15 (North Auckland) Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XVIII, Plot B, Row No 3), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late James and Maria Owens, 54 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland; Wife: Ethel May Owens, 8 Bowling Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. Native of Thames
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 9

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