ALLEN, Fredrick William
| Service Number: | 3978 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Watergore, South Petherton, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | South Petherton School, England |
| Occupation: | Sugar Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 8 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3978, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3978, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
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Also known as Frederick William Allen
Husband of Henrietta Allen 124 Boscombe Road, Bournemouth,England
Son of Alfred Allen, Watergore Street, Pethertson, Somersetshire, England
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916.
Taken on strength, 22nd Bn, in the field, 31 July 1916.
Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 18 November 1916 (appendicitis); transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 21 November 1916; to 5th General Hospital, Rouen, 22 November 1916; to No 2 Convalescent Depot, 8 December 1916 (colic); to 6th General Hospital, 16 December 1916 (influenza); to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 11 January 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 30 January 1917.
Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 8 February 1917 (influenza); rejoined Bn, in the field, 2 March 1917.
*Buried by Rev F.H. DURNFORD, opposite Railway Embarkment C.5.9.4.2. Grave probably destroyed by future battles