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Henry Robert WARREN

Regimental number2846
Place of birthPoint Pearce, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address27 Cowra Street, Mile End, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation45
Height5' 8.75"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Warren, West Street, Torrensville, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 January 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Unit name1st Australian Remount Unit, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A59 Botanist on 26 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Remount Unit
FateReturned to Australia 18 October 1916
Discharge date6 December 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt

Taken on strength, A Squadron, Heliopolis, 6 June 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital, Abbassia, 21 July 1916 (venereal disease); discharged to unit, 18 August 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 29 days.

Marched out to Details Camp, Moascar, 9 October 1916.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Vestalia', 18 October 1916; disembarked Melbourne, 21 November 1916, for onward travel to Adelaide; discharged (medically unfit: overage; unit disbanded: services no longer required), Adelaide, 6 December 1916.

War service: 315 days (of which 211 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Medal stamps marked 'Returned 3.3.24'.
SourcesNAA: B2455, WARREN Henry Robert

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