Regimental number | 372 |
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria |
School | Golden Square and Huntly State Schools, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Land and mining surveyor |
Address | 17 Montague Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 6' 1" |
Weight | 182 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, J. Allingham, Montague Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the Senior Cadets; also in 4th Light Horse Troop, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 4th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/9/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A18 Wiltshire on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 489 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Becourt Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave 16), Becordel-Becourt, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Father: John Locke ALLINGHAM |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Transferred to 3rd Field Company Engineers as Sapper, and allotted Regimental Number 489, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 3 September 1915; Temporary Corporal, 21 December 1915. Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation). Promoted Permant 2nd Corporal under new establishment, 1 March 1916; promoted Corporal, 12 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 27 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 3 April 1916. Killed in action, 20 July 1916. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, ALLINGHAM Frederick Clifford |