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ALLAN, Peter
(Service number 62899)

Peter Allan — (Courtesy of the Unknown Warriors of the NZEF Facebook page )

Peter & Chrissie Allan — (Courtesy of the Unknown Warriors of the NZEF Facebook page )

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	27 June 1892	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	21 June 1917	Age	24 years
Address at Enlistment	Rangatira Valley, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single; then married about time of enlisting.
Next of Kin	Mrs Christina Harriet ALLAN (wife), Waitohi Flat, Temuka
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4 inches. Weight 131 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-36 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair dark brown. 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. Illness - pneumonia 4 years ago. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. 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
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	21 Nov 1917
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War 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	16 October 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service (asthma).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 August 1956	Age	64 years
Place of Death	Cross Street, Temuka (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 29 August 1956
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 170, Plot 653
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Peter Allan was the youngest son of Alexander and Ellen (née Scollard) Allan. He attended the Rangatira Valley School. Peter married Christina Harriet Johnson on 17 July 1919 at Waitohi Flat, Temuka. he had previously been rejected for military service on account of asthma, and asthma was the reason for his discharge after being in England in 1918-1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0007579) [26 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 July 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [25 July 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [25 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 29 August 1956 (Timaru District Library) [27 July 2016]

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