Ernest George UREN

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Service Numbers:	2221, 6941
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Highgate, Western Australia, 7 June 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican area, Section ZU, Grave 0462
Memorials:

9 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 2221, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Katuna embarkation_ship_number: A13 public_note: ''
9 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 2221, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Katuna, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 6941, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 6941, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''

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Son of Frederick William Uren and Ethel May Uren of Hossock avenue, Coburg, Victoria.

22 September 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria, with the 4th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of Private.

11 May 1916 - commenced return to Australia aboard HS Kanowna for discharge due to Tuberculosis disembarking on 15 June 1916 at Melbourne

16 July 1916 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Tuberculosis

19 February 1917 - re-enlisted with the 21st Battalion with service number 6941

28 September 1918 - transferred to the 22nd Battalion

16 October 1918 - transferred to the 6th Battalion in the field

20 April 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Boonah disembarking on 8 June 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

8 July 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District

During 1921c Ernest married Florence Jane Martha Oldham in Victoria