Service Numbers: 3392, 3392A
Enlisted: 16 August 1915, 11th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Darrington near Pontefract, Yorkshire England, 15 May 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Blenheim, Leeds, England
Occupation: Waiter / Hotel Attendant: Union Club Sydney
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres
Plot VI, Row D, Grave 47
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Private Victor Maxwell Owston (1887-1916) of the 53rd Infantry Battalion of the Australian Expeditionary Force who were nicknamed as the "Whale Oil Guards." Born in Wentbridge, West Yorkshire in 1887, he immigrated to Australia in 1912. He was wounded on July 16, 1916 at the Battle of Fromells. On November 23, 1916, his status was changed to wounded and missing in action. A board of inquiry held on September 2, 1917 determined that he was killed in action. Victor was the son of William Christopher Owston and Eliza Annie Angus of the Well Close Mount line of the Sherburn family. Although his body was never recovered, a grave bearing his name can be found at the Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France.
Bio by: soilsister (46846269)
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Service No: 3392A
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 53rd Bn.
Son of William C. and Eliza A. Owston.
Enlisted: 16 August 1915, 11th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Darrington near Pontefract, Yorkshire England, 15 May 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Blenheim, Leeds, England
Occupation: Waiter / Hotel Attendant: Union Club Sydney
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres
Plot VI, Row D, Grave 47
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Private Victor Maxwell Owston (1887-1916) of the 53rd Infantry Battalion of the Australian Expeditionary Force who were nicknamed as the "Whale Oil Guards." Born in Wentbridge, West Yorkshire in 1887, he immigrated to Australia in 1912. He was wounded on July 16, 1916 at the Battle of Fromells. On November 23, 1916, his status was changed to wounded and missing in action. A board of inquiry held on September 2, 1917 determined that he was killed in action. Victor was the son of William Christopher Owston and Eliza Annie Angus of the Well Close Mount line of the Sherburn family. Although his body was never recovered, a grave bearing his name can be found at the Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France.
Bio by: soilsister (46846269)
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Service No: 3392A
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 53rd Bn.
Son of William C. and Eliza A. Owston.
Service Numbers: 3392, 3392A
Enlisted: 16 August 1915, 11th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Darrington near Pontefract, Yorkshire England, 15 May 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Blenheim, Leeds, England
Occupation: Waiter / Hotel Attendant: Union Club Sydney
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres
Plot VI, Row D, Grave 47
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Private Victor Maxwell Owston (1887-1916) of the 53rd Infantry Battalion of the Australian Expeditionary Force who were nicknamed as the "Whale Oil Guards." Born in Wentbridge, West Yorkshire in 1887, he immigrated to Australia in 1912. He was wounded on July 16, 1916 at the Battle of Fromells. On November 23, 1916, his status was changed to wounded and missing in action. A board of inquiry held on September 2, 1917 determined that he was killed in action. Victor was the son of William Christopher Owston and Eliza Annie Angus of the Well Close Mount line of the Sherburn family. Although his body was never recovered, a grave bearing his name can be found at the Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France.
Bio by: soilsister (46846269)
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Service No: 3392A
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 53rd Bn.
Son of William C. and Eliza A. Owston.
Enlisted: 16 August 1915, 11th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Darrington near Pontefract, Yorkshire England, 15 May 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Blenheim, Leeds, England
Occupation: Waiter / Hotel Attendant: Union Club Sydney
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres
Plot VI, Row D, Grave 47
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Private Victor Maxwell Owston (1887-1916) of the 53rd Infantry Battalion of the Australian Expeditionary Force who were nicknamed as the "Whale Oil Guards." Born in Wentbridge, West Yorkshire in 1887, he immigrated to Australia in 1912. He was wounded on July 16, 1916 at the Battle of Fromells. On November 23, 1916, his status was changed to wounded and missing in action. A board of inquiry held on September 2, 1917 determined that he was killed in action. Victor was the son of William Christopher Owston and Eliza Annie Angus of the Well Close Mount line of the Sherburn family. Although his body was never recovered, a grave bearing his name can be found at the Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France.
Bio by: soilsister (46846269)
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Service No: 3392A
Age: 29
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F., 53rd Bn.
Son of William C. and Eliza A. Owston.
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