Lieutenant Ernest Allen

Ernest Allen was born at St. Jean Chrysostome, Quebec, on 14 July 1893 and enlisted at Montreal on 15 April 1915 as Private 61855 with the 22nd Battalion. He served in England and France and was wounded in the left leg on 20 September 1916. After evacuation to England and recovery, he served with reserve and depot units, rising through non-commissioned ranks before being commissioned as a Lieutenant in the 10th Reserve Battalion in October 1918. During his service he married Maud Coomber. He was struck off strength on general demobilization in September 1919. In 1920 he was awarded the French Médaille d'Honneur avec glaives en vermeil.

1893-07-14 — Born at St. Jean Chrysostome, Quebec.
1915-04-15 — Attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force and joined the 22nd Battalion as Private 61855 at Montreal, Quebec. — Montreal, Quebec — 22nd Battalion
1915-04-20 — Received anti-typhoid inoculation. — Canada
1915-04-29 — Admitted with bronchitis. — Amherst, Nova Scotia — Highland View Hospital
1915-05-12 — Discharged to duty following treatment for bronchitis. — Amherst, Nova Scotia — Highland View Hospital
1915-05-20 — 22nd Battalion sailed from Canada. — Canada — 22nd Battalion
1915-05-29 — Arrived in England aboard S.S. Saxonia. — England — S.S. Saxonia / 22nd Battalion
1915-07-06 — Received vaccination. — Canada
1915-09-15 — Embarked for France from Folkestone and disembarked at Boulogne. — Folkestone, England / Boulogne, France — 22nd Battalion
1916-04-16 — Granted eight days leave from the field. — France — 22nd Battalion
1916-04-24 — Returned from leave to the 22nd Battalion. — France — 22nd Battalion
1916-09-20 — Admitted to No. 16 General Hospital for gunshot wound of the left leg. — Le Tréport, France — No. 16 General Hospital
1916-09-20 — Wounded by gunshot in the left leg while serving with the 22nd Battalion. — France — 22nd Battalion
1916-09-26 — Evacuated to England because of the left-leg wound.
1916-10-02 — Admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital for the left-leg gunshot wound. — Bristol, England — 2nd Southern General Hospital
1916-10-18 — Taken on strength of the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre. — Folkestone, England — Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre
1916-12-22 — Transferred for convalescence at Woodcote Park. — Epsom, England — Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Woodcote Park
1917-02-09 — Discharged from treatment; left-leg wound recorded healed. — England
1917-04-05 — Discharged from the 3rd Canadian Command Depot to the 10th Reserve Battalion. — England — 3rd Canadian Command Depot / 10th Reserve Battalion
1917-04-06 — Taken on strength of the 10th Reserve Battalion from the 3rd Canadian Command Depot. — Shoreham, England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1917-04-17 — Appointed Lance Corporal with the 10th Reserve Battalion. — Shoreham, England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1917-06-22 — Appointed Corporal. — Shoreham, England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1917-07-16 — Appointed Acting Sergeant. — Shoreham, England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1917-09-14 — Appointed Acting Company Sergeant-Major (A/C.S.M.). — Shoreham, England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1918-03-28 — Reverted to Private on transfer to the 20th Reserve Battalion. — Witley, England — 20th Reserve Battalion
1918-07-24 — Placed on shipment-guard duty and posted to the Quebec Regimental Depot. — Bexhill, England — Quebec Regimental Depot
1918-07-25 — Taken on strength of the Quebec Regimental Depot. — Bexhill, England — Quebec Regimental Depot
1918-10-02 — Appointed to commissioned rank as Lieutenant in the 10th Reserve Battalion. — England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1918-10-04 — Taken on strength of the 10th Reserve Battalion from the Quebec Regimental Depot. — England — 10th Reserve Battalion
1919-02-09 — Gave notice in England of intended marriage to Maud Coomber. — Edmonton registration district, England
1919-05-20 — Examined by the Dental Board during demobilization processing. — Ripon, England — Dental Board
1919-06-04 — Struck off strength on posting to the Quebec Regimental Depot Proceeding Wing. — England — Quebec Regimental Depot Proceeding Wing
1919-06-14 — Struck off strength of the depot on transfer to S Wing. — England — S Wing
1919-08-02 — Examined by the Canadian Army Dental Corps during demobilization processing; certificate identifies him as Lieutenant, 22nd Battalion. — England — Canadian Army Dental Corps
1919-08-27 — Struck off strength to No. 1 Canadian Discharge Depot, Buxton, on indefinite leave. — Buxton, England — No. 1 Canadian Discharge Depot
1919-09-05 — Struck off strength to the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada. — England / Canada — C.E.F. Canada
1919-09-05 — Taken on strength of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada on general demobilization. — Canada — C.E.F. in Canada
1919-09-18 — Struck off strength of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Canada on general demobilization. — Montreal, Quebec — C.E.F. Canada
1920-11-05 — Awarded the Médaille d'Honneur avec glaives en vermeil by the President of the French Republic. — Canada / post-service record
1921-01-27 — Change-of-address record gives Allen's postwar address as 1st Avenue, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec.
1921-03-16 — Change-of-address record gives Allen's postwar address as Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec.