Soldier profiles

Name : ALLEN, ERNEST ALBERT
Service Number : NX87426
Date of Birth : 08/04/1914
Place of Birth : TEMORA, NSW
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : HAIRDRESSER
Date of Enlistment : 04/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : TEMORA, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : ALLEN, ERNEST ALBERT
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : D COMPANY
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 11/04/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4620375 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_080446.jpg

Background : Son of Ernest Albert Allen.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. Private in 56 Battalion for 2 years previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 5 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Full time war service : A.I.F. 04/02/1942 to 11/04/1946 which included 1528 days active service (948 days within Australia & 1511 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 16/03/1945, disembarked in Australia 19/01/1946). War badge no. A299606. Discharge certificate no. 385200.

Service record
04/02/1942 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
18/02/1942 Marched out to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion.
21/02/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Dubbo, New South Wales.
06/02/1942 Granted leave without pay from 06/02/1942 to 12/02/1942 inclusive.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Australian Pioneer Battalion Bathurst, New South Wales.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2 Military District (New South Wales).
29/01/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (Victoria).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
01/07/1943 Class proficient and entitled to proficiency pay.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
24/04/1944 Evacuated to 5 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria (benign tertian).
26/04/1944 Evacuated to 5 Australian Camp Hospital to 2/6 Australian General Hospital and transferred to X list.
08/05/1944 Evacuated from 2/6 Australian General Hospital to 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot.
23/05/1944 Discharged from 2/1 Australian Convalescent Depot to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp for return to unit.
30/05/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
16/03/1945 Embarked Cairns, Queensland on U.S.A.T. Sea Barb.
28/03/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
22/04/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Tarakan.
18/05/1945 Embarked Tarakan for return to Morotai.
23/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo on U.S.S. LST-1295.
10/10/1945 Transferred to 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
10/10/1945 Taken on strength 2/1 Pioneer Battalion from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
03/12/1945 Transferred out to 2/31 Infantry Battalion Balikpapan, Borneo.
03/12/1945 Taken on strength 2/31 Infantry Battalion from 2/1 Pioneer Battalion.
14/12/1945 Evacuated to 2/4 Field Ambulance Balikpapan, Borneo with urethritis.
22/12/1945 Admitted in 2/4 Field Ambulance for more than 7 days and transferred to X list.
01/01/1946 Discharged from 2/4 Field Ambulance to unit.
01/01/1946 Rejoined unit from 2/4 Field Ambulance.
14/01/1946 Transferred to General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication area for reposting.
14/01/1946 Emplaned Balikpapan, Borneo for Sydney, New South Wales.
11/04/1946 Discharged.