WARREN, Geoffrey Hughes
| Service Number: | 1416 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 3 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1416, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1416, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1416, 6th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Involvement Trooper, 1416, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1416 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
An account of the death of Geoffrey Warren was published in the Molong Express on 6 April 1918, from a letter by Trooper Norman Sherwin, ‘We again dismounted and climbed up the steep banks of the gullies on to the top of a small spur running out from the main ridge. Here we were warmly welcomed by the Turks. Before we had been in this position an hour, we lost two men killed and two wounded out of twenty of us. We hung on for the rest of the day without any more casualties. When we sent for the ambulance cart the Turks fired at it coming up and going away again with the wounded. One of the wounded men is back with us again and the other Trooper Ralph Warren, from Parkes, is returning to Australia. The latter's brother was one of the men killed that morning. Both men were killed about two yards from where I was, and both were shot through the head. The Turks at this time were only about 150 yards away from us. We retired from the ridge again at dark.’
Sydney Stock and Station Journal 23 November 1917. TROOPER G. H. WARREN KILLED.
‘Trooper Geoffrey Hughes Warren, of the Australian Light Horse, youngest son of Mr. Alfred Warren, Greenvale, Parkes, was killed in the recent fighting at Gaza on November 3. He was 23 years of age. His only brother Ralph was also wounded, probably in the same engagement. These two young lads spent over two years in the Desert, and participated in most of the fighting in Sinai and Palestine. They were educated at King's School, and prior to enlisting were engaged with their father in pastoral pursuits.’