Archie Leslie ALLAN

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ALLAN, Archie Leslie

Service Numbers:	473336, VX77240
Enlisted:	26 July 1939
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	16 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Horsham, Victoria, 7 April 1919
Home Town:	Kenmare, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Kenmare, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1967, aged 47 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kenmare Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 2 Service

26 Jul 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, 473336, Machine Gun Regiments AMF
4 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX77240, 16 Field Regiment AMF
22 Jun 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 16 Field Regiment AMF
6 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX77240, 16 Field Regiment AMF
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX77240, 16 Field Regiment AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Gunner Archie Leslie Allan (Service No:VX77240) initially served in the Militia (Trooper; Service No:47336) - enlisting on 26 July 1939 with 26th Machine Gun Regiment and transferring to 19th Machine Gun Regiment on 6 November 1940. Gunner Allan enlisted in the AIF on 9 March 1942 (Gunlayer) and transferred to 16 Australian Field Regiment RAA on 22 June 1944. Gunner Allan was attached to 16 Field Regiment at Discharge on 6 October 1945.

Archie was born in Horsham, Victoria in 1919, youngest of eight children of Albert Felix Allan (b1867 in Hamilton, Victoria) and Penual Grant Allan (b1876 in Pimpinio, Victoria). Albert (a Farmer) and Penual married in 1897 in Kenmare, Victoria where they settled and raised their family and Albert was a Farmer until his death in 1939.

Archie worked as a Farmer in Kenmare before he enlisted in the Army and in 1948 in Portland Victoria married Ila Muriel Dellar (b1916 in Rainbow, Victoria) - Ila had been working in Melbourne as a Clerk. Archie and Ila settled in Kenmare where they raised their family and Archie was a Farmer until his death in 1967. Ila died in 2000,

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