George Joseph ALLAN

ALLAN, George Joseph

Service Number: 4655
Enlisted: 27 December 1915, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Born: Bellingen River, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1892
Home Town: Bellingen, Bellingen, New South Wales
Schooling: Fermont Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 16 July 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bellingen War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

27 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
12 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
7 Nov 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Gassed
16 Jul 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4655, 25th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"
Date unknown: Involvement 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

25 Battalion

Rank - Private

7 November 1917 - Wounded in action - gassed

26 December 1917 to 5 January 1918 AWOL. Fined 11 days full pay

Son of Andrew and Alice Allan of Urunga, Bellinger River, New South Wales