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Private Royden John Allen
Royden Allen
1099752
Private
256th Overseas Railway Construction Battalion
September 13, 1898 (actual date of birth: September 13, 1900
Yarmouth, NS
January 26, 1917
16
Height: 5 feet 3 ½ inches
Complexion: Dark
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Yarmouth NS
Yarmouth, NS
29 Battery Canadian Field Artillery (Yarmouth)
Single
Mill Hand
Baptist
Mrs. May Allen (Mother) Yarmouth, NS
August 28, 1918
Royden John Allen was the son of William Todd Allen and Mary Elizabeth (Robichaud) Allen
of Yarmouth, NS.
He sailed from Halifax on April 18, 1917 on the SS Northland, arriving in Liverpool,
England on April 29, 1917. He proceed to Purfleet Camp, Essex and was assigned to #10
Canadian Railway Troops and proceeded to France on June 19, 1917. He served in France from
June 21, 1917 and March 14, 1918. He was struck off strength with the 256th and transferred to
England as a minor. He embarked for Canada from Liverpool May 13, 1918.
He was discharged at Halifax on August 28, 1918. He was 17 years four months of age and
was 5 feet, 6 inches in height.
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