Allen, Henry (Lieutenant, b. c1886 - d.1915)

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Lone Pine Area, Lone Pine
Accession Number 1DRL/0029
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Allen, Henry
Date made 1915-1927
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/377
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Henry Allen, 3 Battalion, Lone Pine, 1915. Collection includes a typewritten condolence letter written by Brigadier General N. M. Smyth to Allen's mother describing his fatal wounding at Lone Pine, 7 August 1915 and a carbon copy of letter written by the Australian War Memorial to Mrs F Duncan (his sister) requesting the donation of any relics related to Allen.

History / Summary

Biographical note: 2nd Lieutenant Henry Allen, 3 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died of wounds, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915. Age 39. Son of Samuel and Sarah Allen. Native of Fenton, Staffs, England. Served with the Scottish Rifles and Scottish Horse in the Boer War.