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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

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  • 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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