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ALLOM, Walter George
Personal Details
Service Number: | Q22177 |
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Enlisted: | 12 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Toowoomba Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1920 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 7 December 1942, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7, Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown State School Honour Roll, Newtown State School War Memorial, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, Q22177 | |
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12 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q22177, 49 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q22177, 49th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Lionel Scotter ALLOM and Minnie nee WICKHAM.
Word has been received that Pte. Walter G. Allom has died of wounds. He was a son of the late Mr. G. A. E. Allom, Toowoomba, and grandson of Mrs. W. J. Allom, Dalrymple Road. Two of his brothers are at the front. He was 23 years of age.