Allwell, Richard Ernest (2102)
Place of Birth: South Melbourne, VIC
Age: 20 years 4 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 13 July 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 2102 view online service record
Address:
417 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Mrs L Allwell (mother)
417 Bay Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 27 September 1915
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 23rd Infantry Battalion – 4th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 10 December 1918
Discharged: Thursday, 8 May 1919
Bernard Charles Allwell, 33 and Richard Ernest Allwell, 20 of 417 Bay Street enlisted together on 13 July 1915 and sailed as part of the 23rd Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements onboard the HMAT Hororata on 27 September 1915 from Melbourne and returned to Australia on 10 December 1918.
Their brother, Frederick Adolphus Allwell, 25 enlisted on 12 October 1915 but was subsequently posted as a deserter.
1917 ‘Private R. E. Allwell Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 24 November, p. 2. , viewed 13 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369667
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Brian Membrey
As well as Bernard and Richard, a third brother, Frederick Adolphus ALLWELL volunteered as a 25-year-old butcher from the same address on 12.10.15; posted as a Deserter, date not shown, file annotated “Police cannot find this man”.
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