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John Manchester Allen

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| honorific-prefix =
| name = John Manchester Allen
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| caption =
| order = Member of Parliament, Hauraki
| term_start = 15 October 1938
| term_end = 28 November 1941{{KIA}}
| predecessor = Charles Robert Petrie
| successor = Andrew Sutherland
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1901|8|3}}
| birth_place = Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1941|11|28|1901|8|3}}
| death_place = Libya
| branch = New Zealand Military Forces
| serviceyears = 1939–41{{KIA}}
| rank = Lieutenant Colonel
| unit =
| commands = 21st Battalion
| battles = Second World War

Battle of Greece
Battle of Crete
North African Campaign
Operation Crusader

| mawards = mentioned in despatches
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John Manchester Allen (3 August 1901 – 28 November 1941) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He also served in the Second World War and commanded the 21st Battalion from May 1941 until he was killed in action in Libya.

Biography

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Allen was born in Cheadle, Staffordshire, England in 1901. His father, John Candlish Allen, died in France in 1917 from wounds received in the First World War. His uncles were Stephen Shepherd Allen and William Allen, and his grandfather was William Shepherd Allen. He was educated at King's College, Auckland, and at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he graduated with MA and LLB degrees. He was a farmer in Morrinsville, and an Anglican lay reader.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=297}}

He represented the {{NZ electorate link|Hauraki}} electorate from {{NZ election link year|1938}} to 1941, when he died.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=179}} Following the outbreak of the Second World War, he volunteered to serve with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force and was posted to 18th Battalion as its second-in-command.{{sfn|Dawson|1961|p=3}} He was in Crete^[1] as commander of the 21st Battalion{{sfn|Cody|1953|p=83}} before being killed in action during an offensive in Libya.{{sfn|Gustafson|1986|p=297}} He was succeeded in the Hauraki electorate by Andrew Sutherland, who won the resulting {{By-election link|Hauraki|1942}}.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=237}}

Notes

1. ^{{Cite web|title = Lieutenant Colonel John Manchester Allen {{!}} NZETC|url = http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-000581.html|website = nzetc.victoria.ac.nz|accessdate = 2016-01-02}}

References

{{cite book |first=Joseph |last=Cody |title=21 Battalion |series=Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-21Ba.html |accessdate= |year=1953 |publisher=Historical Publications Branch |location=Wellington, New Zealand |oclc=11136356|ref=harv}}
{{cite book|last=Dawson|first=W. D.|title=18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment|series=Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–45|year=1961|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-18Ba.html|publisher=War History Branch|location=Wellington, New Zealand|oclc=11568803|ref=harv}}
{{cite book |ref = harv |last = Gustafson |first = Barry |authorlink = Barry Gustafson |title = The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party |year = 1986 |publisher = Reed Methuen |location = Auckland |isbn = 0-474-00177-6}}
{{cite book |ref= harv |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |origyear= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |isbn= |oclc= 154283103}}

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