Allen Balfour Dale

Forenames

Allen Balfour AWMM

Surname

Dale AWMM

Service number

473960 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

9 Nov 1907 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 74 Wanganui Ave., Auckland AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. J.M. Dale, Silverdale, R.D., Hamilton East (w) AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Tunisia AWMM
• Sangro River AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

473960 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Field supervisor/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Second Lieutenant AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM

Allen Dale was the son of Samuel and Edith Dale of South Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the husband of Jean Dale of Glen Eden, Auckland.

The last company he was with was A Company.

See Cody,21 Battalion, page 303. AWMM

Death

24 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Cassino Memorial, Italy AWMM
• All Saints Church, 284 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby Auckland 1011 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Cody, J. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-21Ba.html
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2069658
  Sources Used

References

• Cody, J. F., & New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs War History Branch. (1953). 21 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z. : War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
  Cody, J. F. 21 Battalion. Pages 265, 286, 287, 302. D. 743.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.99
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.