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Ernest Henry UREN

Regimental number14691
Place of birthBrunswick, Victoria
SchoolPrinces Hill State School, North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMotor mechanic
Address760 Drummond Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, John Way Uren, 760 Drummond Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Enlistment date15 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameJuly 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A44 Vestalia on 11 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Company Engineers
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularThe 8th F.C.A.E. was waiting in Ypres from 20/10/17 prior to withdrawal finally for a spell and billeted in a long shed containing closely packed bunks, adjacent the P.O. and Baths. During shelling about 1.30am on 27/10/17 a 5'9" or 6" got home. Total casualities 23 or 24 about half of whom were killed outright or died of wounds. All casualties had been together for roughly 12 months.
FateDied of wounds 27 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death28.6
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 28), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Way and Mary Ann UREN, 760 Drummond Street, North Carlton, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother was in the same unit and mentioned in Despatches 16/3/19.

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