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Military service
Age:
28
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
British Columbia Regiment, R.C.A.C.
Division:
28th Armd. Regt.
Birth:
June 24, 1916
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment:
August 22, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
August 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 16.
Additional information
Son of Kenneth C. and Jean W. Allen, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of April Audrey Allen, of Vancouver.
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Inscription
Carleton Allen was a student at Appleby College in Oakville. He is commemorated on a plaque on the Memorial School Building, built in memory of the 21 members of the Appleby Community, killed in the Second World War. -
Newspaper clipping
Vancouver Daily Province Monday December 4 1944 -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Captain Carleton Allen
Digital gallery of
Captain Carleton Allen
Digital gallery of
Captain Carleton Allen
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 235 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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