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William Silas ALLEN

Regimental number1176
Place of birthSt Arnaud, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight149 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs D.S. Thompson, Koorlong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Volunteer Cadets.
Enlistment date26 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 March 1915
Place of enlistmentMildura, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 February 1918
Discharge date5 June 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 30 August 1915.

Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 27 September 1915 (influenza); rejoined unit, 30 September 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, ex-Mudros, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 4 January 1916; transferred to Montazah Convalescent Hospital, 7 January 1916 (spinal concussion); to Red Cross Convalescent Hospital, Montazah, 31 January 1916 (injury to spine); discharged to Overseas Base, 16 February 1916 (Class 'A').

Classified B1A, No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, England, 25 September 1916.

Promoted to Temporary Corporal, No 1 Command Depot, 9 January 1917.

Struck off strength of No 1 Command Depot Permanent Cadre, 11 February 1917.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, England, 12 February 1917, and reverts to the rank of Private on being admitted; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 24 March 1917 (Class B1A).

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital and reclassified B1A2, 30 April 1917.

Marched into Depot, Perham Downs, 2 June 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 June 1917.

Rejoined 22nd Bn, 9 July 1917

Wounded in action, 18 September 1917 (gunshot wound, forehead and right eye); admitted to No 6 Australian Field Ambulance, 19 September 1917; transferred to 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, 20 September 1917; to England, 24 September 1917; to King George's Hospital, London, the same day (wounds: severe); to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 29 October 1917; to No 2 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 2 November 1917; discharged to furlough, 27 December 1917, marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 10 January 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Llanstephan Castle', 15 February 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 16 April 1918; discharged (medically unfit), 5 June 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death2 July 1960
Place of burialNichols Point Cemetery
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALLEN William Silas

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