George Walter ALLEN

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Service Number:	6517
Enlisted:	3 January 1917, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Coolamon, Coolamon, New South Wales
Schooling:	Coolamon Superior Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Ypres, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot XXX, Row A, Grave 11, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolamon War Memorial

3 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 18th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6517, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
Date unknown:	Involvement 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Thomas and Jane Allen of Coolamon New South Wales, Australia. Brother of Edward Allen killed in action on 15May 1918