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ALLEN, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 81 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hampstead, London, February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Brownleigh Street School |
| Occupation: | Night porter/Grocer's assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 81, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 81, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 81, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 81, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 81, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 81 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Herbert was born in 1891 in Hampstead, London, to Alfred and Martha Allen. He was the youngest of six children, having four brothers and one sister. Herbert was employed as a baker's assistant. He emigrated to Australia and was engaged to an Australian girl, Florence, who lived at 4 Menzies Avenue, Brighton Beach, Melbourne. He enlisted in the war, and was killed at the age of 26. His fiancee kept in contact with his relatives in England until shortly before her death in the 1970s.
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