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Charles Allen

  • Service number
    • WWI 7198 AWMM
    • ANF1404 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Full caption reads: 'New Zealand Lads in Blue: Group of boys from the land of the Kiwi and Moa serving on board HMS [sic] Australia'.

Photograph of New Zealanders serving on HMAS Australia in 1915

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 7198 AWMM
    • ANF1404 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 February 1891 AWMM Derbyshire, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    in NZ since 1895. Lived at Kimihia Road, Huntly Public - Keith - Researcher - 20 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Ada Elizabeth Allen, [?], Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 7198 AWMM
    • ANF1404 Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
  • Military service
    • HMAS Cerberus AWMM
    • Royal Australian Navy Public - Keith - Researcher - 20 November 2019 - Source

      Charles Allen, Discovering Anzacs
      RAN Service cards – Petty officers & men
      Series A6770, Barcode: 4259917
      ALLEN CHARLES : Service Number - 7198 :
      Date of birth - 28 Feb 1891 : Place of birth - DERBYSHIRE ENG :
      Place of enlistment - Unknown : Next of Kin - ALLEN ADA
    • Royal Navy (Australian Naval Force) Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - ANF Engagement and Service Records 1903-1911
    • HMAS Australia Public - Keith - Researcher - 21 November 2019 - Source

      Charles Allen, Discovering Anzacs
      RAN Service cards – Petty officers & men
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served as a Stoker. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 November 2019KeithLondonResearcher
20 November 2019KeithUnited KingdomResearcher

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