UREN, Samuel John Donald
| Service Number: | 1003 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1003, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Corporal, 1003, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Samuel Uren and Jane Ann Uren nee Donald of Newington Road, Stawell, Victoria. Brother of Frank Gordon Uren who returned to Australia on 4 February 1920 having served with the 14th Battalion and later held as a Prisoner of War in Germany.
5 February 1915 - enlisted at Liverpool, NSW, with the 18th Battalion and with the rank of Private.
23 August 1915 - promoted to Sergeant
27 August 1915 wounded in action. Invalided to England on 30 August 1915 aboard HS Hunts Green with wound to the thigh
8 May 1916 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Thermistocles disembarking on 19 June 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
21 September 1916 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding