Lawrence Allen

Forenames

Lawrence AWMM

Surname

Allen AWMM

Also known as

Lawrence Hawtrey Allen AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/1139 AWMM
• WWI 4/1139A AWMM
• WWI 12/1139A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

18 Aug 1892 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mount Roskill, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Allen (mother), Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Dec 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 12/1139 AWMM
• WWI 4/1139A AWMM
• WWI 12/1139A AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Cabinet Maker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 13 or HMNZT 14 or HMNZT 15 AWMM Vessel was Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 2nd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  6' 0" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  140 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sapper AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Mrs. M. Allen, of Grange Rd., Mount Eden, Auckland.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Allen, Grange Rd, Mt Eden (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

9 May 1915 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Second Term, 1918. AWMM

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Memorial gates, Mt Eden Normal Primary School,Valley Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269056
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-412220.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 11
• Stowers, R. (2005). Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' story. Auckland, N.Z.: David Bateman.
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Second term. p.17.
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.