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In MemoriamALLEN, Alexander Gibbon
  Private (Canadian Infantry, 28th Battalion)
  Killed killed in France (15-Sep-1916)
  

born:
joined:
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12-Oct-1882
06-May-1890 (SSHS)
07-Apr-1898
15-Sep-1916

 

Alexander Gibbon Allen was the son of Shipbroker, Robert Stephenson and Isabel Allen, of Westoe Crescent in South Shields.

He joined the school in 1890 at the age of 7, and left at Easter, 1898.

In March 1906, at the age of 23, he emigrated to Canada to become a farmer in Wishart, Saskatchewan, and served in the war with the Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment).

He was killed in France on 15-Sep-1916, and is listed on the Vimy Memorial, south west of Lille, dedicated to members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force .

Known Addresses
1890: 4 Westoe Crescent
1891: 4 Westoe Crescent
1901: 4 Westoe Crescent
1911: 4 Westoe Crescent
1916: Emerald, Saskatchewan, Canada
Alexander Gibbon Allen
Last updated: 09-Aug-2014 09:23

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