Owen Mellon

Private

Conflict:

WW1

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

His brother, William Mellon was killed in action on 29 July 1916, (156183 Royal Engineers Tunnelling Company. Formerly Royal Dublin Fusiliers)

A second brother, James, served with the New Zealand Field Artillery. He was wounded by a shell in 1916, and was returned “unfit for war” from the UK in March 1917. He died in Westport 1928.

Another brother, Hugh, was a Second Lieutenant with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and received the Military Cross. He survived the war.

Public Contributions:

Owen Mellon was born in 1888 in Auchinstarry, Scotland the youngest of a family of nine. His brother James also fought with the NZEF and his brother William was killed in 1916. I never knew he existe... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number:

6/1621

Name:

Owen Mellon

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Birth - Unverified:

1888

Place of Birth:

North Lanarkshire, Auchinstarry,

Next of Kin:

John Mellon (father), 53 Auchinstarey Ross, Croy, Glasgow, Scotland

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Millerton, New Zealand

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

02 October 1917

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

3rd Reinforcements

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

14 February 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 17
HMNZT 18
HMNZT 19

Vessel:

Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Tyne Cot Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

N.Z. Apse, Panel 2.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium

Owen Mellon

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