Edgar Albert UREN

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Service Number:	672
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Bowen Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Melbourne North, Victoria, Australia, December 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic area D, Grave 142.Interred on 17 December 1937.
Memorials:

19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 672, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Corporal, 672, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne

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Son of Thomas Uren and Jane Uren nee Hosken od King Street, Melbourne, Victoria.

22 January 1917 - enlisted at Melbourne with the 1st Railway Unit with the rank of Corporal

24 April 1917 - transferred to the 15th Light Rail Operating Company

9 April 1918 - transferred to the 1st Light Rail Operating Company

7 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Chemnitz diembarking on 9 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

9 January 1920 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Trench Fever

During 1933c Edgar married Margaret Jean Veal in Victoria.