Harold Beaumont UREN

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UREN, Harold Beaumont

Service Number:	437175
Enlisted:	7 November 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Born:	Norwood, South Australia , 25 February 1923
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Norwood High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Training Exercise Accident, near South Waterville Canada, 24 April 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Holy Trinity Old Cemetery, Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada Section 2 Grave 5 Local Roll of Honour- Norwood South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

7 Nov 1942:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 437175
7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 437175
29 Jan 1944:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 437175, Embarked Melbourne for Canada
14 Apr 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 437175, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
14 Apr 1945:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Graham Padget

Warrant Officer Harold Beaumont Uren was the son of Richard Henry and Anne Caroline Uren, of Norwood, South Australia.

Warrant Officer Harold Beaumont Uren's De Havilland Mosquito aircraft was on a training mission in Canada.

The plane crashed near South Waterville, Canada and the two man RAAF crew were killed. The engine caught fire during the flight and burnt in the air.
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