ALLEN, William
| Service Number: | 2345 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | County Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | 5th Class, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Grave II. H. 5. INSCRIPTION - THE BELOVED SON OF RICHARD AND ANNIE ALLEN PORTADOWN, IRELAND |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2345, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2345, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 28 and the son of Mrs. A. Allen, of 39, Carlton St., Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland and sometime of 3 Queen's Street, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Age on arrival in Australia 23
Previous military service-Served in the Royal Irish Fusiliers for 2 years.
Enlistment date-5 June 1915
Place of enlistment-Liverpool, New South Wales.
Age at embarkation 26
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/19/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 14 July 1915
He is one of five Australian soldier casualties of the Great War honoured on the Portadown War Memorial. William Allen is also on the Portadown, St. Mark's Church War Memorial.
William is also honoured on the Moy War Memorial.
Moy is a village and townland in County Tyrone, now in Northern Ireland about 5 miles (8 kilometres) southeast of Dungannon and beside the smaller village of Charlemont. Charlemont is on the east bank of the River Blackwater in county Armagh and Moy is on the west bank. Moy War Memorial [Unveiled 11/11/1925-Armistice Day] is situated in the centre of the village ‘square’. [post code BT71 7SG
This formal rectangular market place is decorated with lawns and horse-chestnut trees.
His cousin, Private Herbert Fosbery Allen, Service Number 4310, 20th Battalion, was killed in action on 5 August 1916.
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front.
Sources
NAA: B2455, ALLEN William
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