Charles WARREN

Regimental number8/3426
Date of birth23 June 1895
Place of birthWoodville
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEmployee Railway Locomotive Department
AddressWainui, Taihape
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19.11
Height5' 10.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Warren, Raukura, Taihape
Previous military serviceServed in D Company, 7th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on board Willochra on 14 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 27), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs A. Warren, Raukura, Taihape
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined unit, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 5 February 1916, and posted to 14th Company.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Detached to 2nd Brigade Demonstration Platoon, in the field, 5 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 4 June 1917.

Attached to NZ Wing, 2nd ANZAC Reinforcements Camp, 6 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 19 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 29 July 1917; rejoined Bn, 10 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Body recovered from an isolated grave in 1921, and reinterred in Poelcapelle British Cemetery.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 22016085