ALLAN, Myrton Trangmar
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 23 November 1915, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woolwich, New South Wales, Australia, 24 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. Ignatius College, Riverview |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 6th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 27 July 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Becourt Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row S, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-27 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Myrton Trangmar ALLAN was born on 24th July, 1892 in Woolwich, Sydney NSW
His parents were Percy ALLAN and Alice Mary TRANGMAR who had married in 1890 in Hawthorn in Victoria
He had previous service with the Riverview College Senior Cadets (2 yrs) and as a Private in AIEF for the last 2 months before he enlisted with the Australian Army on 23rd November, 1915 - Rank 2nd Lieutenant, 20th Battalion, 7th Re-inforcements - Unit embarked from Sydney on HMAT Suevic on 20th December, 1915
He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26th July, 1916
Myrton died on 27th July, 1916 in the 6 Australian Field Ambulance, France of gunshot wounds received in action - he is buried in Becourt Military Cemetery in France and also listed on the Australian War Memorial.
PHOTO of his headstone (twgpp.org)
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES (www.cwgc.org)
WAR DOSSIER - Australian National Archives (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)
The AIF PROJECT (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)
Myrtons brother Herbert ALLAN also served - details in the following link (Biography) (adb.anu.edu.au)
BIOGRAPHY for Myrtons father Percy ALLAN (adb.anu.edu.au)
OBITUARY -
Newcastle Morning Herald & Miners Advocate - 17th August
Lieutenant ALLAN. Information has been received that Lieutenant Myrton Allan, son of Mr. Percy Allan, assistant director of Public Works has been killed in action in France. Lieutenant Allan qualified as a solicitor shortly before enlisting. Her served his articles with Messrs. Sparke and Millard of Newcastle. He was a fine athletic young man and had been a prominent first grade footballer in Newcastle.
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate - 18th October 1916
The Late Lieutenant ALLAN. Mr. Percy Allan, assistant director general of Public Works has received from a high authority in the military service abroad , a letter from which the following extract is made regarding Lieutenant Myrton T Allan of the A.I.F. who was killed in France.
"Your eldest son died of gunshot wounds in the jaw in the 6th Australian Field Ambulance on the 27th July. I find he was regarded as a very gallant officer, full of courage and initiative and that he had a fine future before him
Unfortunately these are the sort of chaps that we are losing and Australia will be for ever poorer for such losses.
Mr. Allans two surviving sons are with the A.I.F."
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