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Allen, John Bolton

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Identification

Regimental number: 74027
Battalion / unit at enlistment: 28th Bn
U of S affiliation at enlistment: student
Birth: 19 Jul 1893, Leamington, Warwickshire, England
College Building memorial: First floor, centre west
Slide number(s): HR-1044, HR-1045

U of S attendance

Entry date College Left - date Left - reason Degree Degree - date Notes
1913 Arts - Emm 1915 enlisted    

Military service - attestation

Volunteer/drafted: volunteer
Attestation place: Saskatoon
Attestation date: 26 Oct 1914
Present address: Saskatoon, SK
Occupation: student
Religion: Anglican
Age: 21 years, 3 months
Height (inches): 65.50
Chest expansion (inches): 36.50
Amount of expansion (inches): 3.00
Previous military service: militia

Military service - assignments

Group Type Location First known date Last known date Reason for end of assignment Notes
28th Bn           
an English regiment           
38 MG Co IEFD   Bombay, India      

Rank

Rank Date Notes
Private  
Lieutenant   CB list

Family

Father: Allen, William James
Father's Address: 55 York Rd, Aldershot,

Non-military addresses

Address Occupation Earliest date Latest date Source Notes
Aldershot, UK student 1913 1915 U of S Calendar
Buenos Aires, Argentina   1928   1928 list
UK student 1919 1920 U of S Calendar
1928 list = "List of Students who enlisted during the Great War," U of S Archives. The list was completed after F. Underhill went to the University of Toronto in 1927; probably in conjunction with the Memorial Gates. Some of the addresses may be from an earlier date.

Sources

National Archives reference: RG 150 Box 102 - 25
College Building list #: 44
Roll of Honour list #: 3
Roll of Service (1928) #: 71
Long List #: 71

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