Millington John ALLEN

ALLEN, Millington John

    Service Numbers: 1106, 2154
    Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1875
    Home Town: Ulverstone, Tasmania
    Schooling: Launceston Grammar School, Tasmania
    Occupation: Telegraph Operator
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 May 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Church Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1106, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1106, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    5 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2154, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2154 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-05

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    Other service number 2154

    Also served in Cumpulsory Volunteer Corps

    War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

     Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Sister - in - law Mrs Louisa Treloar wrongly claimed the medals. The is a great deal of correspondence between the lawyers acting for the two surviving sisters attempting to recover the medals from Louisa Treloar. It is not definate whether or not the sisters actually regained the medals

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