Lawrence Leslie ALLEN

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Service Number:	VX15191
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:	Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Textile Worker (Presser)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 8 September 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated ~ Panel 3- Port Moresby War Memorial. (Bomana War Memorial). Location of original gravesite lost.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX15191
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