Richard Leslie UREN

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Service Number:	7084
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Coolgardie, Western Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Yunndaga, Menzies, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter & Turner
Died:	South-east of Boulder, Western Australia, 28 March 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Commemorated with a plaque in the WA Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

23 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 7084, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 7084, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Fremantle

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Son of Richard Uren and Mary Uren nee Weir of Yunndaga, WA.

Served his Fitter & Turner apprenticeship with Menzies Consols, WA.

10 October 1916 - enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA, with the 16th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

19 January 1919 - transferred to the 4th Motor Transport Company

2 February 1919 - promoted to Artificer

23 July 1919 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 2 September 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

8 October 1919 - discharged at the 5th Military District

During 1923c Richard married Esther Mary Smalpage in Boulder, WA