WARREN, Gordon Stanley
| Service Number: | 271 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Korumburra, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Brunswick State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Redoubt Cemetery, Helles Plot I, Row A, Grave 21. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 271, 7th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 271, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 271, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stanley Gordon Warren (or Gordon Stanley Warren) was one of nine children of Robert and Ada Warren of Carlton, Victoria. Three of their sons lost their lives serving during WW1 and WW2.
Stanley was one of the very first Australians to enlist during August 1914. He was first reported wounded and missing at Krithia 8 May 1915. His father wrote many letters to Base Records trying to confirm his fate over the next 12 months. Stanley’s death was finally confirmed during June 1916.
His older brother 3959 Pte Robert Clyde Warren 60th Battalion AIF, died of wounds inflicted during the Fromelles battle on the 24 July 1916.
Another brother, 2692 Pte. Ormond Warren 6th Battalion AIF was returned to Australia 13 December 1915, having accidently shot himself through the knee whilst cleaning an officer’s revolver on board the troopship on its way to Egypt.
The fourth brother to enlist during WW1, 7584 Private Herbert Peter Warren 5th Battalion AIF, joined up at 17 years of age in 1917 and suffered gunshot wounds in France on 10 August 1918. He was returned to Australia medically unfit 21 December 1918.
A fifth brother, who was 13 years of age when his brother was killed in action at Gallipoli, VX18324 Sapper Harold John Warren, 2/10th Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers, died at Sandakan, Borneo, as a Japanese prisoner of war, on 22 March 1945, aged 42.
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