William Edward Allen (1904 - 1942)

Born 1904 in Wood Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died 1 Jul 1942 at about age 38 in At Sea

Biography

William Allen was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

William Allen died as a prisoner of war on the Montevideo Maru during the Second World War.

William was born in 1904 at Wood Green in London, the son of Charles William Allen, a school teacher, and his wife Amelia, nee Taylor.

In about 1930 he moved to the Territory of New Guinea where he joined the administration as a policeman. He was the Rabaul Police Stationmaster when the Japanese invaded in Jan 1942. He was captured at Kokopo, near Rabaul and interned as a civilian prisoner. He died on board the "Montevideo Maru" when it was torpedoed and sank off the coast of the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942.

Research Notes

His death form was completed by a brother who was a Major in the Indian Army. Another brother living in Leicester is named in the probate.

Sources

• Birth - UK GRO Birth index - ALLEN, WILLIAM EDWARD; TAYLOR; GRO Reference: 1904 D Quarter in EDMONTON Volume 03A Page 481

• Death Form - National Archives of Australia - Defence - General - Information of deaths for persons lost on the MONTEVIDEO MARU - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=102239&S=5

• Probate Notice - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article249060925