John Candlish Allen

Forenames

John Candlish AWMM

Surname

Allen AWMM

Service number

WWI 24304 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist, Christian AWMM

Birth

20 Jun 1874 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 03 Apr 1916 AWMM Annandale, Piako, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 46255 AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 25 Sep 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 3 children AWMM

War

• Territorial Military Service AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24304 AWMM

Military service

• New Zealand Motor Service Corps, Auckland, Captain AWMM
• Piako Mounted Rifles, 5 years AWMM
• Thames Valley Defence Rifle Club AWMM
• New Zealand Motor Service Corps AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 03 Apr 1916 AWMM
Age  42 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 25 Sep 1916-21 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 64 AWMM Vessel was Devon AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  170 pounds AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Death

19 Oct 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM IX. E. 18. AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial plaque, Auckland Garrison Officers Club, St Mary's Church (part of Holy Trinity Cathedral ), corner St Stephens Avenue & Parnell Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269046
  Further Reference
• World War I Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. Auckland Council. Retrieved October 2017.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/local-boards/all-local-boards/orakei-local-board/Documents/world-war-roll-honour.pdf
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/619738/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/619738
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Included in the World War I Digital Roll of Honour for the Ōrākei Local Board area. The Ōrākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  41: 3
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.