Soldier profiles

Name : ALLEN, ROBERT BRUCE
Service Number : VX73867
Date of Birth : 01/12/1914
Place of Birth : ECHUCA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : RAILWAY EMPLOYEE
Date of Enlistment : 29/01/1942
Locality on Enlistment : BENDIGO, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : ALLEN, MARION
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 26/10/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6069348 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background : Husband of Marion Emily Allen.

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. 2 years C.M.F. 38 Battalion previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 8 inches, blue eyes, dark complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Dependent children : 2 under 16 years old and 1 16 years & older. Marks / scars : right hand palm and right knee. Full time war service : A.I.F. 29/01/1942 to 26/10/1945 which included 1367 days active service (915 days within Australia & 377 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944), Borneo area (embarked from Australia 28/04/1945, disembarked in Australia 16/10/1945). War badge no. 109191. Discharge certificate no. 207381.

Service record
29/01/1942 Taken on strength Australian Imperial Forces Details Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
29/01/1942 Granted leave without pay 29/01/1942 to 05/02/1942.
05/02/1942 Rejoined unit (from leave without pay 05/02/1942).
13/02/1942 Transferred in from Australian Imperial Forces Discharge Depot to 10 Training Battalion Balcombe, Mt. Martha, Victoria.
12/03/1942 Transferred to Reception Camp Caulfield, Victoria.
12/03/1942 Transferred into 5 Pioneer Company via Reception Camp and posted to 5 Pioneer Company.
25/05/1942 Transferred out to 34 Infantry Training Battalion Seymour, Victoria.
25/05/1942 Transferred into 34 Infantry Training Battalion from 5 Australian Imperial Forces Pioneer Company.
23/06/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
23/06/1942 Marched out to New South Wales Lines of Communication area.
23/06/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, 2 Military District (New South Wales) ex 34 Infantry Training Battalion.
26/01/1943 Entrained 5 Military District (Western Australia) for 3 Military District (Victoria).
26/03/1943 Entrained 3 Military District (Victoria) for 1 Military District (Queensland).
01/07/1943 Appointed Lance Corporal.
01/07/1943 Appointed paid Lance Corporal.
01/07/1943 Granted proficiency pay.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
04/11/1943 Promotion to be acting Corporal.
04/11/1943 Proficiency pay withdrawn.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
10/03/1944 Evacuated to 19 Australian Camp Hospital with acne and tropical sores.
17/03/1944 Transferred to X list.
27/03/1944 Discharged from 19 Australian Camp Hospital, struck off X list and resumed leave.
04/04/1944 Evacuated to 19 Australian Camp Hospital with inflamed sebaceous cyst on back from leave.
12/04/1944 Discharged from 19 Australian Camp Hospital and resumed leave.
22/04/1944 Evacuated to 19 Australian Camp Hospital with malaria.
29/04/1944 Detained in 19 Australian Camp Hospital for more than 7 days and transferred to X list.
17/05/1944 Evacuated from 19 Australian Camp Hospital to 107 Convalescent Hospital, Ballarat, Victoria with malaria (benign tertian).
15/06/1944 Discharged from 107 Australian Convalescent Depot to General Details Depot Victoria Lines of Communication area.
15/06/1944 Taken on strength from Victoria Lines of Communication area ex 107 Australian Convalescent Depot for onward movement.
02/08/1944 Rank of Corporal confirmed.
09/09/1944 Marched out to First Australian Army Regiment Training School "A" Sub Wing Junior Leaders Course 15 - 09/09/1944 to 20/10/1944 and transferred to X list.
22/10/1944 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion from First Australian Army Regiment Training School.
24/10/1944 Qualified course no. 15(c) Junior Leaders Weapon Training Wing First Australian Army Regiment Training School.
12/12/1944 Birth - daughter born Judith Anne Allen.
09/03/1945 Evacuated to Bendigo Base Hospital, Victoria with acne from leave and transferred to X list.
27/03/1945 Discharged from Bendigo Base Hospital, Victoria to resume leave.
28/04/1945 Embarked Brisbane, Queensland on Van Heutz.
13/05/1945 Disembarked Morotai.
13/06/1945 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
24/07/1945 Reverts to Corporal.
23/06/1945 Embarked Morotai for service in Balikpapan, Borneo.
17/09/1945 Transferred to 1 Australian Base Sub Area Details Depot hospital ship for O.C.C. discharge.
17/09/1945 Marched into 1 Australian Base Sub Area Details Depot from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
08/10/1945 Embarked Morotai on H.M.A.S. Westralia for mainland.
16/10/1945 Disembarked Brisbane, Queensland.
26/10/1945 Discharged, Victoria.