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ALLAN, Garret
(Service number 57450)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	25/10/1882	Place of Birth	Rangitata

Enlistment Information

Date	24 February 1917	Age	34 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Rangitira Valley, Temuka
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James ALLAN (brother), Rangatira Valley, Temuka
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 145 lbs. Chest measurement 36-38¼ inches. Complexion fair. eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight - both eyes 6/6. hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (right arm). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	15 August 1917
Transport	Ruahine
Embarked From		Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	26 February 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 May 1960	Age	77 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 7 May 1960
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Lawn cemetery
Memorial Reference	Returned Services Division
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Garret Allan was the son of Alexander and Ellen (née Scollard) Allan, Alexander from Scotland and ellen from Ireland. He attended the Rangatira Valley School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0007537) [26 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [25 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 May 1960 (Timaru District Library) [265 July 2016]

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