John Manchester Allen
I whānau mai i te 3 Aug 1901 - I mate atu i te 28 Nov 1941
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 2562 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM 21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- John Manchester AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Allen AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWII 2562 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 3 Aug 1901 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- WW2 Annandale, Piako, Morrinsville RD, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mrs E.M.B. Allen (wife), Annandale, Piako, Morrinsville RD, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Western Desert AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII 2562 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Farmer and Member of Parliament/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Major/Military AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- John Allen was the son of John Candlish Allen and Alice Matilda Allen (nee Manchester); husband of Ethne May Birch Allen, of Piako.
Member of Parliament for Hauraki (1938-41)
Commanding Officer of 21 Battalion, 17 May-28 November 1941.
Member of the Auckland Institute and Museum.
Photographs of other related material, including a German stronghold, Rommel's HQ, views of Tobruk, desert scenes, remains of a World War 2 landmine, Sidi Rezegh, Benghazi, views of the Mediterranean, wreck of a ?WW2 aircraft? were donated by Mrs Downing and are held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. AWMM - Graduate of Pembroke College, Cambridge University.
FarmerPublic - Andrew Lloyd - Other Relative - 25 August 2015 - The Allen Family authored by Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen. (Private Circulation)
- John Allen was the son of John Candlish Allen and Alice Matilda Allen (nee Manchester); husband of Ethne May Birch Allen, of Piako.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 28 Nov 1941 AWMM
Age 40 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 6. A. 25. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- King's College, Auckland Roll of HonourPublic - John A E - Researcher - 26 June 2015 - King's College Honour Roll compiled by John A Whelan
- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland, The Northern Club, 19 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, Parliament House first-floor main foyer, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 15 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel
Mea e whai hononga ai
Tangata Ope Tauā
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-24Ba.html
Sources Used - 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 - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-000581.html
Further Reference - New Zealand Parliament. Parliamentarians in two world wars
http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/Features/c/4/d/00NZPHomeNews210420101-Parliamentarians-in-two-world-wars.htm
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2095927
Sources Used - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6246555
Further Reference
- Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 1: WW2 7 - Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Burdon, R. (1959). p. 72 - Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
- 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.
- Information kindly provided by family
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