ALLEN, Roland
(Service number 6/3981)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 3 August 1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Sutter Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs J. A ALLEN (mother), Sutter Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 22nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 16 February 1917 | ||
| Transport | Navua | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 November 1958 | Age | 63 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Tinaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Roland Allen was the son of Jemima Ann Allen née Fisher. Jemima had married firstly Henry McDonald in 1882 at Timaru. After Henry's death, she married William James Allen, a widower. William died on 31 December 1892 at Timaru. Roland was educated at Timaru South School. Private Roland Allen was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. In 1929 at St Peter's Church, Temuka he married Lillian Eliza Burns. His brother Robert George also served with the New Zealand Forces, and another brother, Jacob, was called up.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District council) [14 August 2019]
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