Corporal Horace Beresford Allen
- Rank
- Corporal
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1916 Western Front
- Service number
- 3348
- Unit
- 52 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Mouquet Farm, France
- Date of death
- 4 September 1916
- Age
- 26
- Plaque number
- M463A
- Co-located plaques
- M463 - 2LT Bartholomew Stubbs
- M463B - CPL James Jones
- Dedicated by
- His family on 14 November 2015
- More information
Biography presented during plaque dedication:
Corporal Horace Beresford Allen was one of three sons and two daughters, born to Alfred and Alice Allen of Subiaco, Western Australia. Horace was born at Traralgon in Victoria. His sporting activities covered gymnastics and cross country running as a member of the YMCA. His employment appears to have been as a clerk. No details of when the family moved to Western Australia are known.
Horace enlisted in Western Australia on 2 August 1915. Following initial training, he embarked on HMAT Benalla at Fremantle as part of 9 to 12 Reinforcement group of 12 Battalion on 1 November 1915. Following further training with 3 Training Battalion in the Middle East, he joined 52 Battalion at Tel el Kebir on 3 March 1916 and was promoted to Corporal on 20 May 1916.
He was reported as missing in action on 4 September 1916. Later, this report was changed to killed in action from that date. Corporal Horace Beresford Allen, service number 3348 of 52 Battalion, was killed in action at Mouquet Farm, France on 4 September 1916. He was 26 years of age.
Corporal Allen has no known grave and his official memorial is the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. His Place of Association is Subiaco, Western Australia.
His plaque is placed alongside those of relatives, Lieutenant Bartholomew James Stubbs (killed in action) of 51 Battalion and Corporal James Brian Jones (died of injuries) of 11 Division Signals Company.