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Leonard Allen

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Invercargill Cenotaph - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Allen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 27426 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E. Allen (father), Wairio, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27426 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM
    • Leonard Allen was a farm labourer for the Donnelly's property at Wairio when he enlisted for the war Public - Suzie - Digitising Archivist - Researcher - 5 February 2023 - Taken from research done within local district records and government archives.
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Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • Invercargill Cenotaph, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Ōtautau and Districts Soldier's Memorial - as seen below (but mispelled as Allan): Public - Suzie - Digitising Archivist - Researcher - 5 February 2023 - https://ehive.com/collections/202139/objects/1597949/otautau-districts-soldiers-memorial

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  • Hi, I'm researching men of the Otautau War Memorial, Southland. If you have a photo of Leonard Allen and would like to share, please contact me. Thanks, Cathy/Otautau Museum
    Public - Cathy - Researcher - 2 March 2015
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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 February 2023Suzie - Digitising ArchivistCentral and Western Murihiku SouthlandResearcher
02 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 March 2015CathyOtautau, New ZealandResearcher

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