Owen George
Memorial: Oldbury-on-Severn - St. Arilda’s Church
Regiment: 10th Australian Light Horse
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Trooper (Service No. 2933)
Parents: William and Julia Dorothy (Nee Watts)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Tambelup, Western Australia. Lived: 1901 Census – the family lived at Stock farm, Oldbury Upon Severn, and on the 1911 Census - Naite Farm, Oldbury Upon Severn.
Pre-war occupation: Farm Hand
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Clutton District, Somerset
Date of death: 07/02/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Freemantle Cemetery, Western Australia
Age: 26
Further information:
Owen's father was a farmer and he was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom worked on the farm. When he enlisted in 1916, his parents had moved to Queens Charlton near Keynsham.
Owen had contracted Malaria whilst serving with his regiment in Egypt and the Sudan which had made his health a lot worse. He returned to Australia on 15/1/19 and died in Hospital shortly afterwards on 07/02/1919 (cause of death given as Hodgkin’s disease and tuberculosis).
His older brother Charles Watts George also died in the war.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.