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WREN, Valentine
(Service number 49858)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18 February 1893	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Rangataua
Occupation	Plumber
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs B. WREN (mother), Linwood, Christchurch
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements, F Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	20 March 1934	Age	41 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Press, 21 & 22 March 1934
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Valentine Wren was the third son of Irish-born Denis John and Bridget (née Ryan) Wren. His father died in 1896, leaving Bridget with six young children. His brothers, John and Timothy, also served in World War I. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 July 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 July 2018]; Press, 21 & 22 March 1934 (Papers Past) [30 July 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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