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Fred Cadwaller ALLEN

Regimental number3010
Place of birthTalbot, Victoria
SchoolTalbot State School, VIC until 13 years
Other trainingMatriculated with Honors from Mayborough College (VIC) at 17, and had a successful course at Scotch College, Melbourne and gained distinctions in physics and chemistry.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
AddressTalbot, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Robert Allen, Talbot, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date20 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAfter leaving Scotch College he entered the Education Dept of VIC for 12 months, then entered Bank of Australia and when he enlisted was in charge of the .... Exchange at Head Office. Sailed in the Ballarat.
FateKilled in Action 25 August 1918
Place of death or woundingBray, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24.6
Place of burialBray Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B1, Grave 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
127
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Sarah Ann ALLEN.
Family/military connectionsCousin of Wilfred Allen (Captain) and Arthur Allen from Marybro VIC.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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