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OWENS, John Denis Hargreaves
(Service number 8/942)

Woodbury War Memorial, pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.37 (#1))

Woodbury War Memorial (World War One plaque), pictured in 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	3 June 1894	Place of Birth	London

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Springburn, New Zealand
Occupation	Cleaner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. Owens (father), 19 Gordon Place, Kensington, London, England
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 May 1915	Age
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Twelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury War Memorial: Ashburton War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of John and Emma Owens, of 19, Gordon Place, Kensington, London, England.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R21383162

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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