allen, percy bartholomew
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Service Number 1908. Died of Wounds 11th August 1915. Aboard the Hospital Ship “Dunluce Castle”TRANSCRIPT
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Allen, Percy Bartholomew Service Number 1908
Died of Wounds 11th August 1915 Aboard the Hospital Ship “Dunluce Castle”
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And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
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NAME ALLEN- Percy Bartholomew
SERVICE NO 1908
UNIT 1st Battalion-5
th Reinforcements
RANK Private
DATE OF BIRTH/AGE 31
PLACE OF BIRTH NSW Births;- Allen Percy B 1883/15358 reg Central Cumberland , parents Bartholomew & Emma
ADDRESS Brooklyn, Hawkesbury River, NSW
OCCUPATION Labourer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 27 Jan 1915
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Liverpool, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father- Bartholomew ALLEN-18 City Markets Sydney
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’10¼”. Weight 11.1 stone Chest 32½ - 35” Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark Grey. Scar;- Right Thigh
RELIGION Church of England
EMBARKED Sydney 25 Jun 1915 per HMAT 40“Ceramic”
DISEMBARKED
NOTES 5 August 1915 Joined Btn Gallipoli
WOUNDED 6 August 1915- GSW Head- Gallipoli Peninsular, Turkey
7-8 August 1915- admitted & transferred to base
DIED 11 August 1915- aboard the Hospital Ship “Dunluce Castle”
BURIED At Sea- 11 August 1915 between Anzac & Malta by Chaplain A Maxwell
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-D/4 2, British War Medal-14787, Victory Medal-14729. Memorial Plaque – 300398 –all to father-
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS No personal effects- identity disc to NOK
WILL Beneficiary;- Brother- Leslie Allen c/- Fulton & Howe, 82 Pitt St., Sydney (of Eastwood)
CORRESPONDENCE
REMARKS
RED CROSS REPORT Died on H S “Dunluce Castle” & buried at sea.
NEWSPAPER RE-PORTS
GOSFORD TIMES 10.9.1915 Private P.B. Allen, son of Mr B. Allen of Hawksbury River and Sydney, died on August 11
th, from wounds
received at Gallipoli. His death took place at sea whilst he was being conveyed to Malta.
GOSFORD TIMES 10.9.1915 SPENCER (From Our Correspondent) We are sorry to hear of the death of Mr R. B. Allen at the Dardanelles. Most of the heroes from about this
district who have been in action are either killed or wounded. Such is the price of freedom and liberty.
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Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3030399
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3030399
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3030399
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3030399