WARREN, John Thomas
| Service Number: | 4087 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 13th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 10 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VII, Row B, Grave 20. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4087, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 4087, 15th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 4087, 15th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4087, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4087 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of John Henry and Lillian Mary Warren of Hobart, Tasmania. His younger brother, 6511 Pte. Alfred Warren 12th Battalion AIF, was killed in action the next year near Boursies, France, sometime between 6/10 April, 1917. He was 19 years of age.
Their family put the following notice in the Hobart newspapers,
“WARREN.-In loving memory of our dear sons, Privates John Thomas Warren, 15th Battalion, died of wounds in France, August 10, 1916, aged 24 years; also his dear brother, Private Alfred Sydney Warren, 12th Battalion, killed in action April 6 or 12, 1917, aged 19 years. Sadly missed.
Two heroes they lived, two heroes they fell,
They gave their lives for a cause that is true,
Fighting for country, for home, and for you.
I can always see your dear face, Jack,
Through a mist of sorrowing tears;
But a mother's path is a broken heart.
Through many a lonely year.
Inserted by their loving father and mother,
sisters, and one loving brother in France.”
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