Identity
Title
Forenames
Arthur Frederick AWMM
Surname
Allen AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWII 38479 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
19 November 1909 AWMM AWMM
Date of birth
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Birth notes
Address before enlistment
WW2 Unknown AWMM 3 Townley Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
WW2 Mrs M.H. Allen (wife), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Service
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Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
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Biographical information
Arthur Allen was the son of William Arthur Allen and Ada Florence Allen (nee Scott) of Hastings, Hawke's Bay. Both parents were from England. When he enlisted his father was deceased and his mother's surname was Newman. He was the husband of Mary Harthill Allen of Gisborne.
An interesting collection of letters written in transit from New Zealand and from Africa and Italy is held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum Library Manuscript Collection. (reference MS99/31) AWMM
Death
Death
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. B. 10. AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
The New Zealand Herald dated 29 February 1944 reported that Captain Allen had been killed in action. AWMM
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Roll of Honour
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
- The Weekly News AWMM
Weekly News, 1944 AWMM - Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
pp. 66, 185, 414. AWMM - Allen, Arthur Frederick. letters 1941-1944. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 99/31. AWMM
- The New Zealand Herald AWMM
An article about the war commemorations in Cassino featured in the (2004, May 28). New Zealand Herald. AWMM - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.10 AWMM
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