Warren, William

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SURNAME

Warren

NAME

William

PLACE OF BIRTH

Liverpool, England

OCCUPATION

Fitter, driver, rigger

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns, Qld

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

9-06-16

NEXT OF KIN

Brother-in-law, E C Wilkson Williams Bridge, New York, USA

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Enlisted in Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

Special units

RANK

2nd Air Mechanic, Driver

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

6-09-18

OTHER INFORMATION

Australian Flying Corps. Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Note from William in New York in 1930 saying 'I enlisted in Port Douglas but was put in Ranwack Hospital.’

STORY OUTLINE

After attending riggers school for a month in England, William joined the Flying Corps at Waddington for four months until hospitalised.

He served in France from September 1917 until hospitalised again in December with nephritis.

He returned to Australia and was discharged April 1918.

He stated on enlistment that he was 33, but his medical form says 49.

He returned on a 'hospital carrier' and his form was stamped Hammock.

In 1930 he wrote from New York, asking for his medals.

SERVICE NO

748

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