ALLEN, Ernest
| Service Number: | 3026 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beverley, Western Australia, Australia, 25 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Beverley, Beverley, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 14. IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF ROSETTA ALLEN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beverley District Honour Roll WW1, Beverley St Mary's Anglican Church Lynchgate, Beverley War Memorial, Bridgetown War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3026, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3026, 48th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on "Argyllshire" from Fremantle. | |
| 7 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3026, 48th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to France from England, via ship from Folkestone. | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3026, 48th Infantry Battalion, Reported Missing in Action 12-10-1917. Declared Killed-in-Action by Court of Enquiry 08-04-1918. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James ALLEN
Husband of Rosetta ALLEN of Beverley, WA
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Allen was the youngest of three sons of James and Sarah Allen, all married, all died in France and Belgium. All three are remembered on the Beverly War Memorial in WA. Their mother had passed away during 1907.
His brother, 4744 Pte Owen Moore Allen 16th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Mouquet Farm on 31 August 1916., aged 28. An older brother 5794 Private Robert Allen 28th Battalion AIF only joined his unit in France in January 1917, before he was mortally wounded in action on the 26 March 1917. He died the next day in a Field Ambulance, aged 30.
Ernest Allen was born on November 1890, in Beverley, Western Australia. He married Rosetta Smith in 1914 in his hometown. They had two children prior to Ernest enlisting. Ernest died on October 12, 1917, in Belgium, at the age of 26, and was buried in Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
A witness stated that he was blown to pieces by a shell which struck him at about 7am just after they had reached their objective.
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