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ALLEN, Leo James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 430349 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1943, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Operational Base Units (RAAF) |
| Born: | Mentone, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1924 |
| Home Town: | Mentone, Kingston, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St. Patrick's Primary School Mentone, St. Bede's College Mentone |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died after bathing - Asphyxia, Brighton, England, United Kingdom, 25 July 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Section 4, Row G, Grave 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Box Hill Taxation Office WW2 Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 430349 | |
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| 29 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 430349, Operational Base Units (RAAF), Melbourne, Vic. |
Personal Stories
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"May God Rest His Soul In Peace"
Son of Sydney John ALLEN and Irene Mary ALLEN, 148 Moorabin Road, Mentone, Victoria.
Warrant Officer Allen 430349 (Air Gunner) died in Brighton, England - at the time he was attached to Number 11 Personnel Disposal & Reception Centre
Prior to his arrival at 11PDRC for repatriation to Australia at the end of the war in Europe he was posted to Number 53 (Operational) Base HQ at RAF Waddington.
He died on the beach at Brighton, after he became ill while bathing, and died shortly after coming out of the water.
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