Allen, Percy Bartholomew

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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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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