N272113 CAPTAIN Eric William Gregg WREN

Date of Birth:  17 July 1888

Place of Birth: Crookwell NSW

Next of Kin: Mrs Dorothy Wren - Wife

Enlistment Date: 12 June 1941

Unit: Central Provisions Office Army HQ, Melbourne

Theatre of Service: Australia

Date of Death: 23 June 1941

Place of Death: Repatriation General Hospital, Caufield, Victoria

Cause of Death: Died of Illness

Notes: Ashes are interred in the War Cemetery Section General Cemetery, Goulburn

Had served with 3rd Battalion AIF in Gallipoli & France during WW1 Service No 1487, one of the few Australian soldiers to be awarded with the French Military Service Medal ' Croix De Guerre' by the French Government

Eric Wren is the author of 'From Randwick to Hargicourt' - The history of the 3rd Battalion AIF during World War One, printed in 1934 and recently reprinted in 1925.