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ALLEN, Edwin John
(Service number 14045)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11 April 1887	Place of Birth	Kaiapoi

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waihao Forks
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William ALLEN (brother), Waihao Forks, Waimate
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	3 November 1946	Age	59 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Methodist Area, Plot 72
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Edwin John Allen was the son of Joseph and Emily (née Symons). He returned to New Zealand on the Paparoa's draft which arrived at Wellington in May 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 may 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 May 2019]; Waimate Cemetery burial records [31 May 2019]; Timaru Herald, 5 May 1919 (Papers Past) [11 July 2015]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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