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Edwin ALLEN

Regimental number329
Place of birthSeymour, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressHobart, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Egbert Allen, Taranna, Tasmania
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 14), Neuve Eglise, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Egbert and Lucy ALLEN, Taranna, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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