Claremont
WA

George Valentine Warrener

wo Australian soldiers sharing a cigarette at Gallipoli. Identified on the left is 1303 Private George Warrener and on the right 1344 Private Dennis Hehir.
Enlistment Date
08/09/1914
Age At Enlistment
22
Rank On Enlistment
Private
Regimental No.
1303
Battalion
Field Ambulance 4, Section C
Fate
KIA
Fate Date
08/06/1917
Fate Place
Ypres, Belgium
Occupation
Shipping Clerk
Place of Birth
Gateshead, Newcastle, England
Religion
Baptist
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A31 Ajana on 30 December 1914

Shortly after arriving from Gateshead, England, George Warrener made appearances for Claremont in 1912 and continued to do so until he enlisted. He was employed as a shipping clerk and at the start of the war enlisted in the Field Ambulance. On 27 August 1915 he was wounded in Gallipoli with a bullet wound to the leg and evacuated to England, where he was photographed with his two brothers who served in the British Army. At the end of May 1916 he was sent to the Western Front and by August had rejoined the 4th Field Ambulance. On 8 June 1917 Private Warrener was killed in action in a field in Belgium. He was 25 years of age.