CUBBINS W.O.

Given Names:  Wilfred Owen

Service Number:  2347

Unit:  25th Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  9530

Age:  21 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Labourer                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  157 Lbs

Chest:  35-38½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1915

Place:  Hughesdon, Queensland

Next of Kin:  FATHER  John Cubbins

32 Molesworth Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                 

Embarkation Date:  5/10/1915

Port:  Brisbane

Ship:  HMAT Warilda A69

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Somali   

Embarked:  10/12/1918                             

Disembarked:  8/2/1919

Unit:  9th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  29/7/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  6833

British War Medal:  20720

Victory Medal:  20589

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Barnawatha, Victoria                    

Father:  John CUBBINS                          

Mother:  Emma BALL

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 15/8/1967                          

Place: Bundoora, Victoria                        

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally enlisted 26/2/1915, but discharged as medically unfit (teeth)

Wounded in action 20/9/1917; shrapnel wound right thigh

Wounded in action 7/3/1918; gassed

Military Medal recommended 15/5/1917; coolness under heavy fire and devotion to duty as a stretcher bearer

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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