Richard UREN

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Service Number:	1804
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1893
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 21 July 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

21 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1804, 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, 1804, 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.

13 August 1915 - enlisted at Brisbane, QLD, with the 5th LIght Horse Regiment and with the rank of Private, later Trooper

28 June 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Madras disembarking on on 3 August 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane.

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

27 September 1919 - discharged at the 1st Military District

On 22 September 1928 Richard married Eileen Eva Cameron in QLD.