ALLEN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 4224 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1916, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Lurgan, Co Armagh, Ireland, 13 May 1872 |
| Home Town: | Cottesloe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Queens College, Belfast, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed In A Mine Explosion, France, 27 November 1916, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 20, Hersin Communal Cemetery Extension, Hersin-Coupigny, Lens, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cottesloe State School WW1 Honour Board, Mosman Park Memorial Rotunda, Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4224, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 4224, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 4224, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4224 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-27 | |
| 27 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4224, Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Joseph ALLEN was born in Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland in 1872
His parents were Joseph & Catherine ALLEN
He married Sarah LOWE (place & date unknown) - they arrived with son Joseph in Western Australia on the ship Australi on 17th February, 1899
He had previously served in the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Greys in the British Army for 5 years before he came to Australia & enlisted to serve in WW1 in Perth, Western Australia on 31st January, 1916 - he embarked from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Warilda on 1st June, 1916 with the 6th Tunnelling Company
Joseph was killed in action at Loos in France on 27th November, 1916 in a german mine explosion
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His son Joseph Lowe ALLEN (SN 2826) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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