Accession Number | P10628.001 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Digital file TIFF |
Maker |
Unknown |
Date made | 1913-1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Memorial card with studio portrait of 3237 Able Seaman (AB) Clifford Frank Owens, RAN. AB Owens ...
Description
Memorial card with studio portrait of 3237 Able Seaman (AB) Clifford Frank Owens, RAN. AB Owens of Mailors Flat, Victoria, enlisted in July 1913, aged 18. He trained at HMAS Cerberus before serving firstly on the light cruiser HMAS Protector, then on the battle cruiser HMAS Australia. He died as result of an accident on 12 November 1916, while HMAS Australia was at Rosyth Naval Dockyard in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.