Allen, Frederick James (Private, b.? - d.1918) Accession Number: 1DRL/0028

Description

Collection relating to the service of 4728 Private Frederick James Allen, 53 Battalion, France and Germany, 1916-1918. Collection consists of a letter dated 20 September 1918, written from Holland by Pte Allen describing his capture (19-20 July 1916) and later escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp, Munster, Westphalia (11 September 1918).

Contextual Description

Biographical note: 4728 Private Frederick James Allen, 53 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died of sickness, Torquay, 25 October 1918. Age 28. Son of James and Annie Allen, of 9 Chaplin Rd., Willesden Green, London. Born in London.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0028
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
wallet: 1 cm
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
2
Access
Open
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/198
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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