Allen, Raymund Asher Milton

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(late Capt. A.I.F.). Listed on the Sydney Teacher's College Roll, as a former student - Raymond A.Allen

Book of Remembrance entry

M.C., M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, 30th Battn., A.I.F., Egypt and France. Enlisting 16th August, 1914, and sailing with battn. 9th November, 1915, as lieutenant after service at Liverpool Camp and training at Duntroon, served on Suez Canal Defences and, crossing to France, at Bois Grenier, Fleurbaix and the Somme. Severely wounded at Fleurbaix and Sunray Trench, and invalided to Australia, arriving 31st August, 1917. Promoted captain in February, 1916. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. Hon. Lecturer in Medicine and Therapeutics. Tutor in Anaesthetics. Early education at Forbes Public School. Later one year in Arts, two in Science, and, after graduation in Medicine, three in Law to 1938. * He was wounded in the advance, but, refusing to be attended to, went forward with his men, and was seen later filling sandbags himself. Later he withdrew, but, on hearing that an officer was required to keep work going at the front, he immediately went forward again.— London Gazette, 19th September, 1916.

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1893

Birth in Waterloo -- NSW, Australia 20 May 1893
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Early education at Forbes Public School, Forbes, NSW, Australia
1914

Enlisted 16 Aug 1914
1915

Military service as Captain at Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France 1915
1916

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1916
1922

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1922
1922

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1922
1922

Resident Medical Officer at Camperdown -Royal Prince Alfred Hospital- NSW, Australia 1922
1924

Resident Medical Superintendent at Wentworth Falls -- NSW, Australia 1924
1925

General Practitioner at Marrickville -354 Illawarra Road- NSW, Australia 1925
1928

Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney -Sydney Hospital- NSW, Australia 1928
1935

Tutor in Anaesthetics at Sydney -Sydney Hospital- NSW, Australia 1935
1939

Awarded Order of St John of Jerusalem 3 May 1939
1940

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1940
1942

Member of Royal Australasian College of Physicians since 1942
1943

Barrister at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1943
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Secretary at Medical Defence Union
1950

Allen R.A.M. : Death 5 Feb 1950

Gender

Male

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