Edgar ALLEN

ALLEN, Edgar

Service Numbers: 1505, 1521
Enlisted: 15 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1505 later changed to 1521
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Pennant Hills, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Pennant Hills Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave. Originally buried by members of the 24th Battalion but grave was not able to be re-located Psnel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Pennant Hills & Thornleigh District Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

15 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1505, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Originally issued with service number 1505 later changed to 1521
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1505, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1505, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney
6 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1521, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1521 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James and Rosalind Ann Allen of Pennant Hills, NSW.  Brother of Mabel Allen of epping, NSW

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

Also served in the Citizen Military Forces