ALLEN, Edwin
| Service Number: | 329 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Seymour, Tasmania, Australia, 12 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Taranna, Tasman, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 July 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Plot 11, Row F, Grave 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 329, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 329, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 28 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 329, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
329 Private Edwin Allen was the oldest of four brothers from the Tasman Peninsular, enlisting in February 1916, into the almost all Tasmanian 40th Battalion AIF. He left Tasmania on the same ship as at the same time as his brother Paul. Edwin joined the 40th Battalion in France March 1917, and survived for 4 months before he was killed in action in Belgium on the 28th July 1917. He is buried in Kandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 14), Neuve Eglise, Belgium.
His brothers,
ALLEN, Pte. Leslie, 4436. 52nd Bn. Australian Inf. Killed in action 3rd/4th Sept., 1916. Age 23. Son of Egbert and Lucy Allen, of Taranna, Tasmania. Serre Road Cemetery No 1 (Plot VII, Row H, Grave 12), Beaumont-Hamel, France.
ALLEN, Pte Paul, 108 51st Bn Australian Inf Died of wounds 3rd April 1917 Age 19. Son of Egbert and Lucy Allen of Taranna Tasmania Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La-Boisselle II D 38.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother, 3619 Pte. ALLEN, James, 26th Bn. AIF returned to Australia 15 April 1918.
Biography
Medals - British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Egbert and Lucy Allen, of Taranna, Tasmania
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