Rupert Edgar UREN

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Service Number:	3292
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 28 March 1897
Home Town:	Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Croydon Park Extension, Hindmarsh, South Australia, 9 March 1948, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia Section TK, Path 13, Grave 0096. Interred on the 11 March 1948
Memorials:	Coobowie Old Scholars and Teachers WW1 Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial

12 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 3292, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 3292, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 3292, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Son of John Richard Uren and Rhoda Ann Uren nee Tape of Lyrup, SA.

Next of kin given as his brother Bertram Harold Uren of Warooka, SA.

13 August 1915 - enlisted at Adelaide, SA, with the 27th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

6 April 1916 - transferred to the 32nd Battalion

28 April 1916 - promoted to Driver but later revert to Private

12 May 1918 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 5 July 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

16 August 1918 - discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis.

On 13 August 1919 Rupert married Grace Mary Hickman at the residence of George Joseph Johncock, Edithburgh, SA.