Regimental number | 1866 |
Place of birth | Macclesfield, South Australia |
School | Cooks Plain and Coonalpyn Public Schools, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Linesman |
Address | Tailem Bend, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 7.75" |
Weight | 159 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Sarah Allengame, Tailem Bend, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 32nd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/49/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 1966 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 24.9 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 119 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated on Commonwealth of Australia Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour ('Officers from South Australia who gave their lives in the Great War. To the Glorious Dead'), Main Hall, GPO, Adelaide, South Australia. Parents: Henry George and Sarah ALLENGAME |
Family/military connections | Brother: 4983 Lance Corporal Frederick William ALLENGAME, 32nd Bn, returned to Australia, 16 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Adelaide, 7 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 11 March 1916. Proceeded to 32nd Bn from 8th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 1 April 1916; taken on strength 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 1 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Posted missing, 20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'. Note on Red Cross File No 70302: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Statement, 2111 Pte C.G.G. SMITH, 32nd Bn (patient, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford), 27 October [1916]: Informant states that on July 20th. at Fleur Baix (sic) the Battn made an attack on German Trenches at about 3.3.0 a.m. Informant was wounded and lying by the side of a shell hole in which he saw the body of Pte Allengame whom he knew well. This was between the German and English Trenches but nearer the English. The Germans counter-attacked but were in time unsuccessful. The body remained when Informant was picked up.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALLENGAME Percy Henry David
Red Cross file 70302 |