ALLWORK, Harold Cecil
| Service Number: | NX59263 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Eastbourne, England, 22 April 1909 |
| Home Town: | Kingston, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 31 October 1942, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery A III B 22 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canberra ACT Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX59263 | |
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| 15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59263, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Thomas and Edith Mary Allwork; husband of Doreen Alice Allwork, of Kennedy Street, Kingston, Canberra ACT, and later of 1 Neville Street, Willoughby NSW.
Allwork came from Chatswood in Sydney and played rugby league as a front rower for North Sydney during 1933-34 before moving to Goulburn the following year as a player coach for the local team and from where he represented Southern Districts. He continued his football career in Canberra in 1939 where he also worked as a carpenter. Allwork enlisted in June 1940 and played for an AIF representative rugby league team at the SCG in August that year before joining the 2/3 Pioneers and arriving in the Middle East in November 1941. In May 1942 he was found guilty of an "offence against the person of an invaded country" and for "striking a superior officer" and was sentenced to 60 days field punishment. He rejoined his unit in August 1942 but was killed in action during the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt on 31 October 1942.