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Thomas Meredith Allen

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Portrait of Thomas Meredith Allen, inscribed with 'To dear Auntie with love from Thomas' Image kindly provided by Briar Wilson (August 2021).

Portrait of Thomas Meredith Allen, inscribed with 'To dear Auntie with love from Thomas' Image kindl …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Meredith AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1313 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 October 1893 AWMM Apia, Western Samoa AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mr Fred Allen (brother), C/o Samoa Shipping Company AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 24 November 1914 AWMM Seaman AWMM
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  • 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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Wounds , Diseases, Unknown Period AWMM
      Wounded in action in the Dardanelles AWMM
    • Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
      Aircraft accident AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Samoa born European on the Apia Roll of Honour was with the Australian Imperial Forces and later joined the Australian Flying Corps, but was educated in New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 April 1917 AWMM
    Norfolk, England AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ashtead (St Giles) Churchyard AWMM Grave 165. C of E section AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM

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11 August 2021Briar AucklandOther
28 April 2021SelenaPorthcawl, South WalesResearcher

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