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Captain JAMES LESLIE ALLEN

Service Number: WX3305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/28 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 July 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

A III. E. 6.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Leslie and Ruby Millicent Allen; husband of Queenie Lakeman Allen, of Tara, Queensland, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE SERVED IN WAR, IN ORDER THAT PEACE MIGHT BE PRESERVED
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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