George Owen (1877 - 1915) (Page 2)
These pages about George Owen are split up as follows :
Page 1 : Ancestors & Siblings and Other Information
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Enlistment Application - Page 1 |
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Enlistment Application - Page 2 |
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Enlistment Application - Page 2 (Copy) |
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Enlistment Application - Page 3 |
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Page 1 (Extracts) 7. Disease or Disability : Bullet wound of chest 8. When did the disease or disability originate? : 25.4.15 (25 April 1915, i.e. the first Anzac Day) 9. Where? Gallipoli 10. State the cause clearly and explicitly : Bullet wound. Entrance 3rd space in nipple line. Exact level of angle of scapula over erector spinae 11. What is his present condition? Wound healed. Chest clear. Good Expansion. No foreign body present. Pleivia not thickened. Diaphragm moves well. No gross organic disease of lung (X Ray report). Complains of pain in back if he makes mis-step. |
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Page 2 (Extract) 16. Was a court of inquiry held on the injury? If so (a) When? June (b) Where? Mustapha Egypt |
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Page 3 (Extracts) 26. Do you recommend him for Discharge as permanently unfit? No. Advise further treatment Opinion of the Medical Board The Board concurs partially with report of Medical Officers. It finds that Pte Owen shows cicatres (stet) of perforatial wound through left side of chest, and complains of pain when he makes a mis-step. It is recommended that he be given two months leave at a Convalescent Depot and that he then reports to the Board. |
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Casualty Form - Active Service 2/5/15 ..... Wounded Gallipoli (Obviously being wounded on 2 May is not correct if as shown on the next line he was admitted to the chest hospital on 30 April. The medical history above, indicates 25 April as the date George was wounded.) 30/4/15 ..... Admitted Chest Hospital Alexandria 12/5/15 ..... Transferred to Con Camp Mustapha 3/7/15 ..... Discharged for return to Australia 5/7/15 ..... Embarked for Australia per "Ballarat" ex Suez |
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Statement of Service of No. 1111. Name Owen, G |
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Statement of Service of No. 1111. Name |
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14 May 1915 : Letter to Thomas Owen advising George was wounded. Thomas was George's father and at enlistment had been named as next-of-kin. Thomas had died in September 1914 |
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4 Aug 1915 : Letter to Thomas Owen advising George would be returning to Australia on board the "Ballarat" |
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6 Nov 1915 : NSW Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death Primary : Ulcer of Stomach Secondary : Rupture of same with general peritonitis operation |
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Telegram from Matron of Scone Hospital advising Death Private Owen died in Scone Hospital six eleven fifteen. Posting Certificate. Matron. Scone Hospital |
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9 Nov 1915 : Transfer of George's records from Invalids Section |
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17 Nov 1915 : Advice of Death to Department of Defence |
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26 Mar 1920 : Letter to Thomas Owen |
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7 Apr 1920 : Letter from T H Owen, Solicitor, in Cobar stating he has no knowlege of T Owen at The Mount, Cobar |
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19 Apr 1920 : Letter to AAG, 2nd Military District asking if they have next-of-kin details. |
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14 May 1920 : Letter from AAG advising Mary Hudson (George's half-sister) is next-of-kin |
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28 May 1920 : Statement by Mary Hudson re caring for medals |
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18 June 1920 : Letter to Mrs R Dennis (Mary's sister Rose) requesting agreement to medals going to Rose. Returned unclaimed |
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AIF record showing medals awarded |
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10 Aug 1922 : Receipt for Victory Medal (sgnd Mary Hudson - very faint) |
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10 Aug 1922 : Application from Mary Hudson for a Memorial Plaque. |
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23 Feb 1923 : Memorial Plaque granted. Notation of Not Eligible for "Where the Australians Rest" Plaque |
Updated : 11 Jul 2011