Charles Prowse Allen #4729

From The Education Department Record of War Service book - 1921.

Regimental number - 4729

Place of birth - St Arnaud, Victoria

School - Osbornes Flat State School, Melbourne High School, Training College, Victoria

Religion - Church of England

Occupation - School teacher

Address - State School, Inverleigh, Victoria

Marital status - Single

Age at embarkation - 25

Next of kin - Father, F S Allen, Inverleigh, Victoria

Enlistment date - 29 July 1915

Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll - 29 July 1915

Rank on enlistment - Private

Unit name - 6th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/23/4

Embarkation details - Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916

Rank from Nominal Roll - Corporal

Unit from Nominal Roll - 59th Battalion

Fate - Died of wounds 23 July 1916

Place of death or wounding - Fleurbaix, France

Age at death - 26

Place of burial - Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave 74), France

Panel number, Roll of Honour,

Australian War Memorial - 166

Miscellaneous information from

cemetery records - Parents: Frederick A and Honor ALLEN.

War service: Western Front

 

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