ALLAN, Keith Herbert
| Service Numbers: | V37507, VX107886 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 22 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 21 April 1920 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Artist |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 2008, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 31 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V37507, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 28 Jul 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V37507, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX107886, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 21 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX107886, 22nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for Milne Bay on board Willis Van De Vanter | |
| 24 Aug 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX107886, 22nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Madang for Brisbane on board Frank Norris | |
| 6 Jan 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX107886, 22nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Brisbane for Jacquinot Bay on board Duntroon | |
| 15 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX107886, 22nd Infantry Battalion, RTA | |
| 5 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX107886, 22 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant Keith Herbert Allan (Service No:VX107886) initially served in the ACMF (Private; Service No:V37507), enlisting as a Private on 31 October 1941, and was a Corporal with 22nd Infantry Battalion when he enlisted 'in the field' in the AIF on 29 July 1942. Corporal Allan served in New Guinea (Milne Bay, Madang; 21 February 1943 - 26 August 1944) and in New Britian (Jacquinot Bay; 6 January 1945 - 11 September 1946). Sergeant Allan was attached to 22nd Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 5 February 1946.
Keith was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1920, youngest of three children of the Reverend James Ernest Allan (b1883 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Elsie Gertrude Avon Wright (b1886 in Lancefield in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria). James was a Grocer in 1910 when he and Elsie married in Melbourne, and soon after became an Evangelist/Clergyman. James and Elsie lived in Melbourne and South Australia, before settling in Melbourne where they raised their family and Ernest was a Clergyman.
Keith worked as a Commercial Artist in Melbourne, serving in the Army before returning to Melbourne. In 1943 Keith married Ivy Grace Wilson (b1922 in Melbourne, Victoria) and the couple settled in Melbourne where they raised their family and Keith was a Commercial Artist. Keith died in 2008 and Ivy in 2010.