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ALLEN, Herbert
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| 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) |
Biography
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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