The 4th son born to Joseph Francis and Elizabeth Eliza Allen (nee Beard). Both parents had died before John enlisted in the Army, Joseph in 1903 and Elizabeth in 1914. Prior to his enlistment at Maryborough on 18 March 1915 he had spent 3 years in Wide Bay Infantry Regiment and was working as a labourer in Maryborough and living in the family home at Richmond Lane. He had also worked as a labourer in 1913 at Whetstone (near Warwick) on the South West Line. His civilian life shows a court appearance and imprisonment for theft in 1912 and his war record sustains the idea that maybe his reason for joining up was not so much for national pride but as a means to stay out of further trouble, although his war record is not without considerabl personal sacrifice. John was 26 years old, 5ft 6 inches tall with black hair and hazel eyes, a single man and he wore a tattoo of a heart with arrows through it and two birds on his left forearm when he headed off to war. From searches made after his return to Australia it appears that he remained a bachelor and moved around Queensland up until his death in 1958.
The 4th son born to Joseph Francis and Elizabeth Eliza Allen (nee Beard). Both parents had died before John enlisted in the Army, Joseph in 1903 and Elizabeth in 1914. Prior to his enlistment at Maryborough on 18 March 1915 he had spent 3 years in Wide Bay Infantry Regiment and was working as a labourer in Maryborough and living in the family home at Richmond Lane. He had also worked as a labourer in 1913 at Whetstone (near Warwick) on the South West Line. His civilian life shows a court appearance and imprisonment for theft in 1912 and his war record sustains the idea that maybe his reason for joining up was not so much for national pride but as a means to stay out of further trouble, although his war record is not without considerabl personal sacrifice. John was 26 years old, 5ft 6 inches tall with black hair and hazel eyes, a single man and he wore a tattoo of a heart with arrows through it and two birds on his left forearm when he headed off to war. From searches made after his return to Australia it appears that he remained a bachelor and moved around Queensland up until his death in 1958.
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