William UREN

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Service Number:	1805
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 14 August 1890
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	War Service related illness, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 24 September 1933, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Charters Towers Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Boys Central School Great War Honor Board

21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1805, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1805, 5th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney

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Son of Henry Uren and Emma Jane Davey Uren nee Leonard of Hunter Street, Charters Towers, QLD

16 August 1915 - enlisted at Charters Towers, QLD, with the 5th Light Horse Regiment and with the rank of Private.

22 January 1917 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 February 1917 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

18 April 1917 - discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to asthma

On 29 November 1919 William married May Elizabeth Charlotte Seibold in QLD