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| Name | ALLEN – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 13th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3342 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th November 1854 / 17 years 11 months / Clonmel Tipperary Ireland Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Blue / Dark Brown / Gun shot wound left arm |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta – 4 months Crimea – 3 months Gibraltar – 3 months Cape of Good Hope – 1 year East Indies – 2 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 5 years 196 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 10th July 1860 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Went to Crimea but did not receive medal Indian Mutiny Medal (1857-59) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1860 Clonmel 1862 Tilbury 1862-1864 Western Australia 1865- 1885 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 9th June 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1835 St Mary’s Clonmel Tipperary Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 2nd December 1835 Clonmel Tipperary Ireland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | ALLEN Thomas Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | BURKE Brenda Not yet known 17th September 1834 St. Mary’s Clonmel Tipperary Ireland |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | CUNNINGHAM Elizabeth B 1844 Bunbury Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd October 1864 Perth Western Australia (RC) |
| Children by 1st Wife | None known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | CUNNINGHAM James – 51st Regiment discharged from Army in Perth Western Australia 4th March 1847 b 1807 Rahoon, Galway, Ireland |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | THOMAS Anna Not yet known Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Police Constable (South Australia) Messenger ES&A Bank |
| Newspaper Articles | 9th October 1864 Inquirer and Commercial News (WA) – page 2 Evening Journal Saturday 10th October 1885 page 4 Death of William Allen 12th October 1885 Express & Telegraph Adelaide (Funeral Notice) Express and Telegraph Tuesday 25th August 1914 page 2 Funeral Notice |
| Departure from Western Australia | 9th October 1864 W Allen and wife left Western Australia on board “Sea Ripple” for South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 10th October 1885 Adelaide SA (lived North Adelaide) 12th October 1885 Roman Catholic Section West Terrace Adelaide Cemetery South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 24th or 26th August 1914 West Terrace Adelaide South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to loss of power in left arm due to gunshot wound received in the field at Judgespore 26th October 1858 while engaged in the Azimghur and Gorakpur districts. William Allen was drowned in the Torrens River; at the inquest it was found to be accidental. Sundry newspaper accounts of the Inquest, and events leading up to the accident.Elizabeth Allen was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital twice, the 1st was on 9th November 1897 when she was aged 49. She was a widow living at Penny Place and said she had been born in Western Australia and had resided in the Colony for 33 years arriving on the Crest of the Waves (Adm 2321) The second time on 13th August 1907 Elizabeth Allen was still living at Penny Place Adelaide (Admission information No. 1819) |