ALLINSON, Frederick Charles
| Service Number: | 1005 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Train |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Havelock State School, Burnley Horticultural College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moorabbin War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1005, 31st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 1005, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 1005, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 25th Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Egypt | |
| 10 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 5th Divisional Salvage Company, France | |
| 7 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 10th Australian Army Service Corps, Belgium | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement Driver, 1005, 5th Divisional Train, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1005 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Train awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
There is some confusion as to which unit this soldier was serving in when he was killed in action on 4 July 1918. That he was killed during the 15th Brigade's diversionary attack north of the Somme near Morlancourt (during the Battle of Hamel) is not in dispute.
Numerous witnesses state very clearly that he was part of 15th Brigade infantry at the time as he had "very recently transferred to infantry" - as in a matter of days.
Perhaps the paperwork had not caught up with the "transfer" or perhaps Dvr Allinson simply decided to join the infantry of his own volition on the day, as 15th Brigade had no record of him in their ranks?
We will probably never know.