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ALLEN, Lawrence Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX15191 |
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Enlisted: | 16 May 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brunswick, Victoria Australia, 19 December 1918 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Presser |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Panel 3 No known grave Roll of Honour Prahran, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX15191 | |
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16 May 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | |
16 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX15191, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion |
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2/14 Battalion
Rank - Private
Also served in the Militia. Gave a false birt date for either the Militia or WW2 enlistment
Son of Harry Frederick and Dorothy Allen, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia