Robert ALLEN

ALLEN, Robert

Service Numbers: 948, 101, Q186572
Enlisted: 13 January 1902
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
Born: Norwich, England, 31 October 1880
Home Town: Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Printer
Died: Natural Causes, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1969, aged 88 years
Cemetery: Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld
Burial Number: 2811 Section: Methodist Section 2 Line Number: 4 Plot Number 5
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 948, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
13 Jan 1902: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 948, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

Non Warlike Service

11 Mar 1918: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 101, Royal Australian Naval Reserves Naval Brigade Guard Section
24 Nov 1918: Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 101, Brigade Naval Guard Section

World War 2 Service

19 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q186572, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)
16 Dec 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 15 Garrison Battalion (QLD)

Family

He was the eldest child of John James Allen and Sarah Williment. Robert had a half-brother, Leonard James Allen who died in Belgium on 01 Oct 1917.

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