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Name: ALLEN, William John

Birth Date: 1892

Death Date: 20.1.1917 killed in action, Morogoro

First Date: 1915

Book Reference: EAMR, CWGC, Medals, Gazette

War Service: WW1 with EAMR E Sqdn 15/1/15 From Ross's Scouts

General Information:

CWGC - Morogoro Cemetery - Lieutenant W.J. Allen, East African Unattached List attd. Intelligence Dept. 20th January 1917. VIII.C.12

Medals - East African Intelligence Department - No. 480, Corporal 2nd

Gazette 14/3/1917 - Probate and Administration in respect of W.J. Allen who was killed in action in GEA on 20/1/1917

He was the son of John Allen 1869-1906 and Emilah Caroline Brettle 1869-1955. His sister Emily was b. in Johannesburg in 1904.