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Military service
Service number:
71415
Age:
24
Rank:
Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
27th Bn.
Birth:
September 1, 1891
Motherwell, Scotland
Enlistment:
October 26, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
November 8, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. E. 23.
Additional information
Son of John and Margaret Owen of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Native of Wishaw, Scotland.
Brother of Private James Owen and Private Peter Alexander Owen, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Corporal John Owen
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Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Inscription
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
Digital gallery of
Corporal John Owen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 31 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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