Alfred WARREN

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Service Numbers:	VX52239, V10640
Enlisted:	4 February 1941, Royal Park, Victoria
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Z Special Unit
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 25 January 1913
Home Town:	St Kilda, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fitter
Died:	Executed (beheaded POW of Japan), Bukit Timah, Singapore, Malaya, 7 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Kranji War Cemetery Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Operations Jaywick & Rimau

2 Nov 1918:	Embarked Private, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Medic, Sydney
2 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''

4 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Private, VX52239, Royal Park, Victoria
4 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, VX52239, Z Special Unit
5 Feb 1941:	Involvement V10640
1 Jul 1943:	Promoted Warrant Officer Class 2
1 Jul 1944:	Transferred Warrant Officer Class 2, Z Special Unit

22 Feb 1945:	Imprisoned

7 Jul 1945:	Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, VX52239, Z Special Unit, Prisoners of War

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His role in the Z Special Forces was captured in the film Higest Honour also known as the Heroes of Krait, 1982 directed by john McLean.