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WARREN, Eric Allen
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | TX4883, T55725, TX4883 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tas., 13 September 1921 |
| Home Town: | Newstead, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Launceston High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Presumed drowned whilst POW result of torpedoing of Japanese Transport, At sea near Nagasaki (South West Pacific Area), East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 24 June 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Column 134, Singapore Memorial, Singapore |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Nunamara War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Targa Patersonia Ward WW2 Pictorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, TX4883, T55725, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX4883, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Allen Thomas Warren and Mary Augustine Warren, of South Arm, Tasmania
Pte Eric Allen Warren, of the 2/40 Battalion, elder son of L. Bdr and Mrs A. T. Warren, 17 Montrose Place, Launceston, who was drowned when a torpedoed transport went down on June 24, 1944. Pte Warren was educated at the Launceston High School and was employed at Young's Furniture House, Launceston.
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