ALLEN William Templeton

QER 1925 Banana Grower Mooloolah

William Templeton Waugh Allen was born on 2 September 1889 in Chatsworth, Gympie, Queensland, his father, Robert, was George ALLEN was 22 and his mother, Margaret Jane WAUGH, was 25.
William Templeton Waugh Allen married Caroline Hillman Roe in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, on 18 September 1918 when he was 29 years old.
They had one child, Marjorie, during their marriage. When Marjorie Taylor Waugh Allen was born in June 1920 in Australia, her father, William, was 30, and her mother, Caroline, was 31. She lost her father when she was only 11 years old, and her mother when she was only 7 years old. She died in 1969 in her hometown at the age of 49.
William Templeton Waugh Allen died on 24 June 1931 in Queensland at the age of 41, and was buried in Nambour, Queensland.

Additional Information:

ALLEN, WILLIAM TEMPLETON
1303, 15th Battalion, AIF.
b. ca 1889 Brisbane, Qld.
Enlisted: Gympie, Qld.
d. 24.06.1931 Nambour, Qld.
Next of Kin: Robert George Allen – Father.

William Templeton Allen was a member of Palmwoods Rifle Club which began operation about 1916.
Obituary.: MR. W. T. ALLEN.
“The death of Mr. William Templeton Allen, 42 years, of Mooloolah, occurred in the Maroochy District Hospital at Nambour after an illness of several months. He was born at Chatsworth, the eldest son of Mrs. W.J. Allen, and the late Mr. R.G. Allen of Gympie.
In his younger days William Allen worked in the Kandanga district. He saw active service in the Great War serving with the 15th Battalion, and was wounded at the Suvla Bay landing. Later he served with the 47th Battalion in France and also in the 49th, when he was again wounded, resulting in his being invalided home. On his return to the Nambour District he found employment with the Forestry Department in the Imbil district.
In 1926 he established a banana plantation in the Mooloolah district where he discovered a combination of borax and flour made an effective antidote to the banana borer. It was so efficacious, members of the Mooloolah Fruitgrowers Co-operative Association recommended it to the Banana Sectional Group Committee. Allen worked on his farm until declining health compelled retirement. Bill Allen was always ready to give a hand in projects working towards improving the district. For a time he was president of the Mooloolah Fruitgrowers' Co-operative Association. He also assisted in the founding of the Mooloolah sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. holding the office of vice-president at the time of his passing. His wife passed away some three years before. The funeral, was supervised by members of the Mooloolah sub- branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. and attended by many members of the Maroochy sub-branch.”
Sources: National Archives of Australia; Nambour Chronicle 19 April 1929 & 26 June 1931; 23 March 1928 p.2.

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