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ALLAN, Walter
(Service number 24122)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Robert ALLAN (father), Ashwick Flat, Fairlie
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	27 My 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	17 August 1947	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 August 1947
Memorial or Cemetery	Fairlie Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter ALLAN was the son of Robert and Helen ALLAN. He was a brother of Alexander ALLAN who also served in WWI and of Richard ALLAN who served in the South African War. Walter died on 17 August at Timaru and was buried in the Fairlie Cemetery, the Returned Men parading from the Council Chambers to the Funeraly to pay their respects.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [03 May 2015]; NZ BDM Historical Records (Department of Internal Affairs) [03 May 2015]; Timaru Herald, 18 August 1947 (Timaru District Library) [04 May 2015]

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