Regimental number | 4738 |
Place of birth | Devonport, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Miner |
Address | Derby, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Height | 5' 7.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M. Allen, Derby PO, Derby, North East Coast, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Claremont, Tasmania |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | No 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 16/13/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 5th Tunnelling Company |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Place of burial | Branxholm Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 26 |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: England. Embarked Melbourne, 25 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916. Marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 August 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Southampton on board HT 'Kanowna', 9 September 1916; disembarked Hobart, 28 October 1916; discharged Hobart (medically unfit: tuberculosis both lungs), 10 May 1917. Medal: British War Medal. Death attributed to war service. |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 42 |
Place of burial | Launceston Cemetery, Tasmania |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALLEN Leonard Oliver |