John Candlish Allen



Lieutenant John Candlish Allen, born 20 June 1874, Sunderland, Durham, England, son of William Shepherd Allen, M.A., M.P., and Elizabeth Penelope Candlish of Woodhead Hall, Cheadle, Staffordshire, died of wounds 19 October 1917, buried at Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

Five years in Piako Mounted Rifles. 
President of the Morrinsville Rifle Club
Army Motor Reserve of Officers.
Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company no. 24304, 17th Reinforcements




photograph by William Henry Bartlett, Auckland



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