WARREN, Alfred
| Service Numbers: | VX52239, V10640 |
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| 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: | Benara Flat School, Tantanoola School, St. Peter's College Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Executed (beheaded POW of Japan), Bukit Timah, Singapore, Malaya, 7 July 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Coll Grave 28 A 1-10 |
| Memorials: | Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Operations Jaywick & Rimau |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1918: | Embarked Private, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
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| 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: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Private, VX52239, Royal Park, Victoria | |
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| 4 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (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 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1945: | Imprisoned |
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World War 2 Service
| 7 Jul 1945: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, VX52239, Z Special Unit, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Mrs. Dorothy A. Warren, of 75 Oxley road, Hawthorn, Vic., has been officially notified that her husband, Warrant-Officer Alfred M. Warren, was killed in action in July, near Singapore. He was previously reported missing on February 22, 1945. He enlisted in January, 1941, in the armoured division, and served with it until June, 1944, when he volunteered for a Commando, miscellaneous, unit, which trained on Garden Island, W.A., and was attached to the navy. He was rejected at first, on account of a slight physical disability, but finally succeeded in passing the test. In August he wrote that his unit was leaving on intensive manoeuvres of about three months' duration, but that, all being well, he would be back in Australia in December, and meanwhile there would be no mail communication either way. Until he was posted missing, nothing had been heard of or from him. When Singapore was relieved at the end of hos tilities, in answer to enquiries at headquarters, "Z" special unit reported that "his party landed in the Singapore area about October, 1944, and could be prisoners of war." Search parties operated, and their report was, "Killed in action, July."
He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. R. Warren, "Napperby," Tantanoola. Born at Port Pirie on January 25th, 1913, he was educated first at Henley Beach kindergarten, during, which time his father was serving, with the A.I.F. artillery in France in the first great war. In 1920 his father took up land at Tantanoola, where Alf attended the Benara Flat and Tantanoola schools. In 1925 he gained a government exhibition, also the Vansittart scholarship at St. Peter's College. After leaving school he stayed on the land for a short time but, being mechanically minded, joined the firm of Daniel Scott, Pty, Ltd., King street, Melbourne, before they expanded and moved to Fisherman's Bend. He was with them when he enlisted.
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
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.
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