Corporal Walter Charles Allen
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Allen,
Walter Charles
Date of birth: 1893-07-18
Place of birth: London
Next of kin: Florence Allen (sister), Roto Wallen Street, Coongoola, Queensland, Australia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Painter
Religion: Methodist
Date of death:
1917-04-10
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Quatre-Vents Military Cemetery, II. B. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 406660
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(1st Battalion)
Rank detail
Corporal, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: This N.C.O. was wounded in the stomach and right, near Nine Elms on Vimy Ridge. He was evacuated to No. 10 Canadian Field Ambulance where he succumbed to his wounds.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 305168
LAC ID:
6315
Service file: B0110-S032
Uploader's Notes: Had previously served in the 91st Regiment
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948" database [Lance Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-09-26