ALLEN A.J.P.

Given Names:  Andrew James Phillip

      

Service Number:  7436

Unit:  7th Battalion, 25th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  600757

 

Age:  18 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Process Engraver                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

  

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4¾ In                  

Weight:  124 Lbs

Chest:  32½-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Grey

Complexion:  Medium

  

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  28/8/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Henry John Allen

46 Mary Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  4/8/1917

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Themistocles A32

 

 END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ulysses  

Embarked:  22/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  2/9/1919

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  5/11/191                         

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  67762

Victory Medal:  65122

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Kew Victoria                                

Father:  Henry John ALLEN                     

Mother:  Dora BENNETT

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Marie Louise HEATH

  

DEATH

Date or Year: 22/7/1957                          

Place: Box Hill, Victoria                           

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

  

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Was in Sportman's Unit of 2nd Battalion, Broadmeadows in 15/6/1917.

Wounded in action 25/8/1918; gassed

 

 MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

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COMMENTS

  

FURTHER INFORMATION

Meirav Dulberg