George Joseph ALLAN

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Service Number:	4655
Enlisted:	27 December 1915, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bellingen River, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1892
Home Town:	Bellingen, Bellingen, New South Wales
Schooling:	Fermont Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 July 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bellingen War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

27 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
12 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
7 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Gassed
16 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"
Date unknown:	Involvement 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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25 Battalion

Rank - Private

7 November 1917 - Wounded in action - gassed

26 December 1917 to 5 January 1918 AWOL. Fined 11 days full pay

Son of Andrew and Alice Allan of Urunga, Bellinger River, New South Wales