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ALLEN, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5794 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beverley, WA, 1886 |
| Home Town: | East Fremantle, East Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 27 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery II E 11, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynch Gate, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, SN 5794, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, SN 5794, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of James and Sarah ALLEN
Of 'Khyber' Diver Street, Claremont WA
Husband of Florence Beatrice ALLEN
Of 107 Duke Street, East Fremantle, WA
The late Private Allen wae one of the heroic spirits who had come forward in response to the Empire's call. He came from a patriotic family, in which six sons had offered, though four had been accepted. He had been the third of the brothers to enlist. He had spent about
three months in France, the most of the time in training, so could have been but a short time in the actual firing line when wounded. From those wounds he haddied.
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