ALLAN, Thomas Brown
| Service Number: | 6028 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 July 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Grave IV. A. 15., Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ithaca War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6028, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6028, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 37 and the son of John and Maggie Allan; husband of Lucy Evelyn Allan, of St. Omer, Stamford Rd., Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland.
He is one of three Australian soldiers of the Great War remembered on the Leslie war memorial.
Leslie - Kirkcaldy District
UKNIWM Ref No. 8533
The Leslie war memorial standing in gardens at the junction of Greenside Street and High Street is a tall cenotaph constructed of rustic freestone blocks with tapering pedestal and standing on two steps. The commemorations and names of the WWI dead are carved on dressed sandstone panels set into the faces of the pedestal.
At the top of the cenotaph on the four sides are carved:
A cross with heart and the inscription 'SACRIFICE'
A reversed sword with wreath and the inscription 'VALOUR'
A rampant griffin with wreath and the inscription 'DVTY'
A saltire in wreath and the inscription 'ENVRANCE' [sic]
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