ALLEN, Philip Selwyn
| Service Numbers: | 49, 38, 1304 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1 January 1872 |
| Home Town: | Gosnells, Gosnells, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Spencer's Brook, Western Australia, 4 August 1940, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican GC 0116 |
| Memorials: | Gosnells Road Board HR, Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 49, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Dec 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 38, 1st Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Jan 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 49, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry | |
| 14 Feb 1902: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Regimental Sergeant Major, 49, 5th Western Australian Mounted Infantry |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1304, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1304, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1304, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1304, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Phillip Selwyn Allen, late of Spencer's Brook, on August 4, aged 67; late 10th Light Horse, A.I.F., South African veteran and member Claremont sub-branch R.S.L.
Mr. Phillip Selwyn Allen, of Spencer's Brook, who was one of the five soldiers sent from Western Australia to take part in the coronation procession of the late King Edward VII in 1902, died yesterday at the age of 67. The late Mr. Allen served with West Australian contingents in the South African War, and with the 10th Light Horse Regiment in the Great War, attaining the rank of warrant officer in the latter campaign.
ALLEN — In memory of our old Friend, Phillip Selwyn Allen, died August 4, 1940. Inserted by his sincere friends, Mr. and Mrs. H. Motteram and family, and Mr. and Mrs. E. Doddy and family.
ALLEN—On August 4, 1940, at Perth, Phillip Selwyn Allen, dear friend of Roy and Thelma Caporn, Claremont, aged 67 years.
Biography contributed by Martin Smith
Phillip Selwyn Allen is the son of Phillip Allen and Ellenor (Betts) Allen. He enlisted in 1899 and served in the South African War with 1st West Australian Mounted Infantry as a trooper, later transferred to 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry with the rank of RSM, he received the QSA with clasps - Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittenbergen and Cape Colony and the KSA with 2 clasps SA 1901 and SA 1902. He selected along with 4 other West Australian troops to part of the Australian contingent for the Coronation Procession at King Edward VII's Coronation on 9th August 1902, for which he received the 1902 Coronation Medal to go with his Boer War medals. On 15th July 1915, he enlisted in the AIF and served in the 10th Light Horse in the desert campagin in Sinai and Palestine. He rearched to rank of Sergeant in 1917. Later that year he a septic hand, then spells in hospital with debility and gastritis, which resulted in being returned to Australia in November and finally dicharged early in 1918. He received the King's silver wound badge and later the 1914/5 Star, British War Medal and Victory.
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