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Cecil Gordon Allen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 December 1916 AWMM Randwick, New South Wales AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G Allen, 'Allendale', Sydney Road, Randwick, New South Wales AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 December 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Melbourne, 3 April 1917; disembarked Southampton, England, 1 June 1917; granted disembarkation leave until 6 June 1917.
    Marched into Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot, Parkhouse, 7 June 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 29 September 1917; taken on strength, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 30 September 1917; transferred to 4th Field Ambulance, 2 October 1917; taken on strength, 4th Field Ambulance, in the field, 3 October 1917.
    Posted to 13th Bn as Regimental Medical Officer, 1 November 1917, and taken on strength, in the field.
    Detached to 15th Bn, in the field, 8 January 1918; posted to 4th Field Ambulance, 24 May 1918; posted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Rouen, 30 May 1918.
    On leave to Paris, 21 October 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 27 October 1918.
    Marched out to 4th Australian Division Machine Gun Bn, 29 November 1918.
    On leave to Italy, 8 April 1919; rejoined unit from leave, 24 April 1919. AWMM
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Death

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

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Sources

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    • AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI. AWMM

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