WARREN, William Henry Farrington
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1908 |
| Last Rank: | Commander |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Parramatta (I) |
| Born: | Logie Elphinstone, Pitcaple, Scotland, 19 October 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Officer P.N.F., R.A.N. |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), Brindisi Harbour, Brindisi, Italy, 13 April 1918, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bari War Cemetery 15. G. 26. |
| Memorials: | Crib Point HMAS Cerberus Protestant Chapel of St. Mark RAN Memorial Window 5, Crib Point R.A.N. Destroyer Flotilla HR, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2), MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Dec 1908: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Commander |
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Non Warlike Service
| 1 Dec 1908: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, HMAS Parramatta (I) | |
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| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant Commander, HMAS Parramatta (I) | |
| 1 Apr 1917: | Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Commander, HMAS Parramatta (I), from June 1917, Senior Officer in Command of the Australian Destroyer Flotilla | |
| 13 Apr 1918: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander, HMAS Parramatta (I), Accidentally drowned | |
| 17 May 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, London Gazette, 17 May 1918, page 5858, position 1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Commander, Officer, HMAS Parramatta (I) |
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Son of the late Rev. John Maturin Warren and Margaret Burnett Warren, of Bawdrip, Bridgwater
Awarded Distinguished Service Order
Australian Naval Officer Lost.
COMMANDER W. H. F. WARREN.
The Minister for the Navy announces with regret the accidental death by drowning on 13th April of Commander William H. F. Warren of the destroyer flotilla. Commander Warren joined the permanent naval forces of the Commonwealth on 1st December, 1908, as sub-lieutenant, being then an officer of the Royal Naval Reserve, with sea experience in the P. and O. Company and training in H.M. fleet. He was promoted lieutenant on 1st June, 1909; lieutenant-commander on 1st December, 1915, and commander on 1st April, 1917. He had extensive experience in destroyers, and in July, 1917, was appointed to the command of a flotilla. A good disciplinarian, a good athlete, and an officer always solicitous for the welfare of his men, Commander Warren's loss to the Royal Australian Navy is keenly felt by all who knew him. His many sterling qualities as a man and his fine enterprise as an officer had won for him the high regard of the Naval Board and the Royal Australian Navy.
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