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ALLEN, Charles Henry

Service Number:	1067
Enlisted:	24 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, 22 November 1895
Home Town:	Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling:	Wallaroo Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Villers Brettoneux, Picardie, France, 18 July 1918, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 12, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wallaroo Heritage Museum Presbyterian Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

24 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1067, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1067, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Signaller, 1067, 27th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"
Date unknown:	Wounded 1067, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Son of Thomas James ALLEN and Ellne nee BLIGHT