ALLEN, Arthur Robert
| Service Number: | 3001 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Blackheath, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | School student |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 13 July 1972, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Blackheath Memorial Arch, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3001, 2/10 Tank Battalion | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3001, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3001, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, Sergeant Major Instructor - Stokes Mortar Battery, 1st Anzac Corps School | |
| 30 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3001, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Gassed - France | |
| 3 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 3001, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, per Leicestershire | |
| 17 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3001, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur (Born in Fremantle, WA) was the eldest of five children of Robert William Allen (born 1865 in Dublin, Ireland) and Emma White (born 1871 in Fremantle, WA). The family moved to the Blue Mountains in NSW where Arthur joined the School Cadets (41st Battalion) and was a School Student (18years 6 months) when he enlisted in the AIF in Liverpool, NSW in 1915. Arthur was WIA in France (Gassed) in 1918, and Discharged in 1920.
Arhtur was living in Sydney NSW and working as an Electrical Engineer when he married Thursa Olive Harwood (born 1888 in Tasmania) in 1923. Thursa was a Nurse.
Arthur became a Company Manager, and he and Thursa lived in Sydney NSW. Olive died in 1948, and Arthur in 1972