ALLEN, Albert Robert Edmund Roy
| Service Numbers: | 9510, Q24583 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland , 9 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Vehicle accident, Ballarat Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria, 5 October 1928, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Methodist G 186 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9510, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 9510, 1st Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 9510, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Karoola, Melbourne | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF | |
| 28 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Ambulance | |
| 17 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Dental Details: AIF, 37th Dental Unit | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Ambulance | |
| 25 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9510, 13th Field Ambulance, Medically discharged due to epilepsy | |
| 27 Sep 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Q24583, Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 30 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Q24583, Cessation of hostilities |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
Private Albert Robert Edmund Roy Allen re-enlisted in Brisbane on 27 September 1918 and was discharged on the 30 December 1918 prior to embarking due to cessation of hostilities.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
LEVEL-CROSSING FATALITY
Car Hurled Thirty Feet.
CRASHES INTO EAST-WEST
EXPRESS.
Man Killed; Another Injured.
BALLARAT, Wednesday.— A motor car containing two passengers crashed into the transcontinental express at the Bungaree level crossing this moaning. One was killed outright, and the other is in the Ballarat Hospital in a serious condition The victims were:—
KILLED.
EMANUEL BERNSTEIN, 45 years, Traveller, 2 Grey street, East Melbourne.
INJURED.
ALBERT E. R. ALLEN, 40 years, 101 Green street, Richmond. Injuries to head and body; condition critical.
The car was driven by Bernstein, and the two men were travelling from Melbourne to Ballarat in a new Oldsmobile touring car with sample bags from the Brunswick Bag Company. Just after the express en route to Melbourne had passed through Bungaree station, making over 40 miles an hour, the car, containing the two men, was seen to approach the crossing at a rapid rate. Apparently the driver of the car noticed the train too late. The brakes were applied some 60 feet from the crossing, but seemingly did not hold. The car dashed headlong into the mail carriage bogie next to the two engines with a frightful crash. Dragged for some yards the crumpled car was hurled, with the two men, nearly 30 feet over the cattle pit on to the branch track. Both men were found lying near the torn and twisted wreckage of the vehicle. Bernstein was apparently killed in the impact. The train was stopped and help was promptly forthcoming. The express, proceeded after half an hour's delay. Dr. W. Sloss gave medical attention to Allen, who war, unconscious, and had him removed by ambulance to the Ballarat Hospital.
The matter was reported to the coroner, Mr. P.H.V. Elilliget. P.M., and an inquest will be held. The Bungaree level crossing bears an unenviable record for accidents. More than one motor fatality has occurred there. On the Ballnrat side the view is fairly good, but on the other the margin is much reduced by buildings adjacent to the station.
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