Harold Roy (Sonny) ALLESTER

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ALLESTER, Harold Roy

Service Number:	N265263
Enlisted:	29 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	42 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Dundas, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1922
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tilba, Mogo, Benandarah, Nowra
Occupation:	Grocery Manager
Died:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 30 March 2001, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Nerriga Catholic Cemetery, New South Wales
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World War 2 Service

29 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N265263, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF
1 Aug 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N265263, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Josette Allester

My father, Harold Roy Allester, served in the 42 Infantry Battalion (Company A), 29 Infantry Brigade. He was in the army from 5 Nov 1941 to 1 August 1946. He was 19 years old when he was conscripted. He had 624 active days of service in Australia and 947 days of active service outside Australia. His training took place in Queensland. He saw active service from Milne Bay to Salamaua, through Lae and Bougainville. He spent a short period in 22 Infantry Battalion while at Rabaul, New Britain. He returned to Australia in 1946.

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