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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Glasgow
• Land Lanarkshire (Scotland)
• Family Son of William and Jane Allan, of 57, Dagmar St., Winnipeg.
• Profession Checker

Military service

• Service number 439721
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 52nd Bn. North Ontario Regiment

Death

• Wounded This soldier belonged to No.16 Platoon, which was holding a strong point near Hill 60 when the 52nd was in support to the 60th Battalion. The officer in charge asked for two scouts to go out a short distance to get some information, Allan being one of the two. A shell burst near them, inflicting shrapnel wounds.
• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds in the arm and right leg at n°10 CCS.
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery VIII - D - 43A

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