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Pte William Henry “Billy” Allen

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Pte William Henry “Billy” Allen Veteran

Birth
Stoke-on-Trent Unitary Authority, Staffordshire, England
Death
29 Oct 1942 (aged 21)
Libya
Burial
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt Add to Map
Plot
II. J. 13.
Memorial ID
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Private, Australian Army Rank Private QX6913
Posting on Death: 2/15th Infantry. Age: 21, he died of wounds in Libya & is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Identified from left to right: unidentified; QX9616 Corporal Allan Robert Bickle, 2/15th Battalion and QX6913 Private Henry William (Billy) Allen, 2/15th Battalion, who died of wounds on 29 October 1942 in Libya.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ipswich Qld, also his name is located at panel 38 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Son of Cyril and Ethel Allen, of Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Private, Australian Army Rank Private QX6913
Posting on Death: 2/15th Infantry. Age: 21, he died of wounds in Libya & is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Identified from left to right: unidentified; QX9616 Corporal Allan Robert Bickle, 2/15th Battalion and QX6913 Private Henry William (Billy) Allen, 2/15th Battalion, who died of wounds on 29 October 1942 in Libya.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Ipswich Qld, also his name is located at panel 38 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Son of Cyril and Ethel Allen, of Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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"He Died For The Country He Loved So Well"


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