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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		ALLEN
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Thomas William
Regimental Number		433
Rank		Private
Unit Name		4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen
State		Vic
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		URL1: WW1 AIF 24448 Bombardier 3DAC. URL2: miner aged 43 from Wonthaggi Vic. next of kin from Footscray Vic. B5179: born 1873 a prospector from Inglewood Vic. URL3: WW1 AIF 24448 BQMS 3DAC a miner aged 43 in 1916 born in Inglewood Vic. next of kin wife in Wonthaggi, 1 year 131 days VMR 1900-02 Boer War, Belgium Croix de Guerre LG 12.7.1915 (details) MID QM Sergt.LG 25.12.1917, 1931 correspondence from Repatriation Dept. Melbourne died 1937. URL5: Pte. TW ALLAN 1AR from Inglewood Vic.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 270 B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 528 Bend. Adv.: Bendigo Advertiser newspaper date(s) 17.12.1900
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=1&Page=82&Surname=allen
External Link URL2		www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/25_91_1/pdf/0087.pdf
External Link URL3		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3031906&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL4		aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=3505
External Link URL5		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89429987

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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