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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN MANCHESTER ALLEN

Service Number: 2562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

Cdg. 21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1941

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

6. A. 25.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John Candlish Allen, and of Alice Matilda Allen (nee Manchester); husband of Ethne May Birch Allen, of Piako, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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