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ALLEN, Ernest Stanley
| Service Number: | 3197 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, at Kadina |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brinkworth, South Australia, 30 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brinkworth, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Crystal Brook, South Australia, 28 October 1968, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Snowtown-Condowie Cemetery, Condowie, Stanley, South Australia Plot: 440SE |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3197, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Kadina | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 3197, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 3197, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Malakuta, Adelaide | |
| 12 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3197, 32nd Infantry Battalion, SW left arm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
30 December 1893 Ernest Stanley Allen was born in Brinkworth, South Australia. He was born into a family of his father, Charles Joseph Allen, his mother, Elizabeth Wilkins Allen, his 4 siblings, John Charles Allen, James Clinton Allen, Albert Sydney Allen, and his brother Hurtle Herbert Allen who also participated in the war.
2 March 1916 Ernest enlisted for the war at Kadina, at the age of 22 and 2 months. He had a fair complexion, fair hair and blue eyes, with the height of 5'11.
Ernest was part of the 32nd Infantry Battalion. On June 27 1916 he was on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on his journey to the war.
He was wounded in action on 9 December 1916, and spent some time recovering in England. He was then returned to Australia for medical discharge; not due to his wound, but due to trachoma in his eye.
Fortunately Ernest was lucky enough to make it home back to Australia, where he then continued his work as a farmer. After the war he met his wife Dorothy May Trevelion Allen. In 1926 they had a child together named Gordon Lewis Allen.
He recieved the British war medal and victory medal.
Unfortunately 28 October 1968 Ernest died, in Crystal Brook, South Australia. He was the age of 74 when he passed and he was buried Condowie, South Australia, Australia.