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David William ALLEN

Regimental number2104
Place of birthCurrency Creek, South Australia
SchoolCurrency Creek Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGoolwa, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Jane Burzacott, Goolwa, South Australia
Enlistment date10 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22
Place of burialBecourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave 2), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Emily Jane and David ALLEN.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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