ALLEN, Richard Ash Hanniford
| Service Number: | 3452 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 27 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 11 August 1968, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane Plot: MON-1A-3-370 |
| Memorials: | East Brisbane War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3452, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3452, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3452, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 3452, 26th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW (right shoulder) | |
| 8 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 3452, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
The two enlisted children of Richard Ash Hannaford Allen and Marie Amy Elizabeth (née Birch) Allen of East Brisbane, Queensland:-
(Q24480), QX8774 Pte. Eric Samuel Henry Allen (/explore/people/657138) - did not deploy from Australia, but served during the Second World War;
3452 Pte. Richard Ash Hanniford Allen - returned to Australia.
'PERSONAL NOTES.
News was received yesterday that Corporal R. A. H. Allen has been wounded in action. He enlisted when 19, and has been nearly three years on active service in France. Corporal Allen, who was an employee of the Queensland Railway Service at the time he enlisted, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. H. Allen, Norman-street, East Brisbane.' - from The Brisbane Courier 17 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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