BALLINGER, Allen Edwin
| Service Number: | 162 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 March 1915, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coleford, Gloucestershire, England, 26 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Coleford National School, England |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 27 July 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 25. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ABIDE WITH ME |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 162, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 162, 19th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 162, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Allen Edwin Ballinger was born in 1881, at Coleford, Gloucestershire England.
Allen was a grocer and in December 1905, emigrated from UK and travelled to Wellington New Zealand.
In 1911, Allen married Olive Cleveland Lawson in New Zealand. The following year 1912, a daughter was born in New Zealand, and during December 1913 Allen's only son, Arthur was born in Australia.
Allen enlisted for the war on 9 March 1915 and was posted to the 19th Battalion. He arrived on Gallipoli on 15 August 1915.
A week prior to arriving his brother, 2108 Private Arthur Percival Ballinger 3rd Battalion AIF, had been severely wounded, shot in the chest, during the Battle of Lone Pine. Arthur was invalided to Australia and died in hospital 18 months later, probably due to his wounds.
Allen Ballinger survived Gallipoli but during the Battle of Pozieres in 1916, he was admitted to the 44th Casualty Clearing Station in a critical condition caused by gas shells. He died of his wounds the same day.
Allen's wife Olive placed a “In Memoriam” in the paper, which read: BALLINGER - In loving memory of Pte. Allen Edwin Ballinger, 19th Batt, died of wounds July 27, 1916, at Posieres Inserted by his loving wife Olive, and children Arthur and Olive, Ourimbah, N.S.W.
The Ballinger brothers were the sons of Richard and Emily Ballinger of Folley House, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England.
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