| Place | Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0597 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm. |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Warren, William Henry Farrington |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/66 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Warren, William Henry Farrington (Commander, b.1877 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of Commander William Henry Farrington Warren, HMAS Parramatta, Royal Australian Navy. Collection consists of typed extracts from a letter written by Commander Warren to his brother, during World War I.
History / Summary
Biographical note: Commander William Farrington Warren DSO, HMAS "Parramatta", Royal Australian Navy, who on 13 April 1918, accidentally drowned in Brindisi Harbour, Italy. Age 40. Son of the late Rev John Maturin Warren and Margaret Burnett Warren, of Bawdrip, Bridgwater. Other details concerning him are: born Logie Elphinstone, Pitcaple, Scotland, 19 October 1877; Sub-Lieutenant 1 December 1908; Lieutenant, 1 June 1909; acting Lieutenant-Commander, 1 January 1915; Lieutenant-Commander, 1 December 1915; acting Commander, 28 August 1916; Commander 1 April 1917. Appointed to HMAS Parramatta 17 July 1912. From June 1917 until his death he was senior officer in command of the RAN destroyer flotilla.