Arthur Frederick Allen

Forenames

Arthur Frederick AWMM

Surname

Allen AWMM

Service number

WWII 38479 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

19 Nov 1909 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of William Arthur Allen and of Ada Florence Allen (nee Scott), of Hastings

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/arthur-frederick-allen

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM 3 Townley Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs M.H. Allen (wife), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 01 Feb 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
• 1937 Arthur Frederick ALLEN married Mary Harthill DUNCAN
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Sinai & Palestine AWMM
• Italy AWMM
• North Africa AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 38479 AWMM

Military service

Cadets - 5 years (Sergeant) AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM
• Italy Star AWMM
• Defence Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 with oak leaf AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Civil Engineer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 6 Field Company AWMM

Arthur Allen was the son of William Arthur Allen and Ada Florence Allen (nee Scott) of Hastings, Hawke's Bay. Both parents were from England. When he enlisted his father was deceased and his mother's surname was Newman. He was the husband of Mary Harthill Allen of Gisborne.

An interesting collection of letters written in transit from New Zealand and from Africa and Italy is held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library Manuscript Collection. (reference MS99/31) AWMM

Death

18 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. B. 10. AWMM

Obituary

• The New Zealand Herald dated 29 February 1944 reported that Captain Allen had been killed in action. AWMM
• Allen. —In ever loving memory of our dear husband and father, Capt. Arthur F. Allen, who was killed in action at Cassino February 18, 1944. Dearly loved and deeply mourned. —lnserted by his wife and little daughter Lesley.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR IN MEMORIAM
  GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21641, 17 FEBRUARY 1945, PAGE 1

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2607967
Sources Used

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• The Weekly News
  Weekly News, 1944
• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  pp. 66, 185, 414.
• Allen, Arthur Frederick. letters 1941-1944. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 99/31.
• The New Zealand Herald
  An article about the war commemorations in Cassino featured in the (2004, May 28). New Zealand Herald.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.10
• Information kindly provided by family