Place of birth | Port Pirie South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Colt breaker |
Address | 20 Carrington Street, Adelaide |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 32 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs. Lucy Ellen May Warren, 20 Carington Street, Adelaide |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 30701 Gunner William Robert WARREN MM, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919; 1899 Bombardier Harry Collier WARREN, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade (transferred to Australian Flying Corps), accidentally killed, 4 April 1917; Brothers-in-law: 1295 Driver Frederick Charles FRANKCOM, 1st Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 12 July 1918; 3842 Pte George Edward FRANKCOM, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 April 1919; 344 Lance Corporal Roy Charles HARRINGTON, 27th Bn, 12 April 1919.~ |
Other details |
War service: embarked from Adelaide, 21 September 1915. Attached to Camel Corps, Egypt, 29 December 1915; transferred to 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, 20 September 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, 15 December 1916. Admitted to hospital, 4 April 1917 (debility); rejoined unit, 13 May 1917. Detached to School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 24 June 1917; rejoined unit, 4 July 1917. Taken on strength, 3rd Light Horse, 8 July 1917. Found guilty by General Court Martial of being absent without leave from 26-28 July 1917: sentenced to be dismissed from His Majesty's Service. Embarked from Suez for return to Australia; sentence not promulgated until disembarkation. Disembarked Adelaide, 5 December 1917. Medals (1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal) automatically forfeited. |