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William Vincent Allen (1889 - 1915)
William Vincent Allen was born around 1889. He died on May 2, 1915 at 26 years of age. He was buried in '746' Lone Pine Memorial, 11th Bn..
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Service number: Turkey (including Gallipoli) Rank: Sergeant Regiment: australian Infantry Unit/ship/squadron: A.i.f. .
Military service:
Service number: Turkey (including Gallipoli) Rank: Sergeant Regiment: australian Infantry Unit/ship/squadron: A.i.f. .
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1889 - In the year that William Vincent Allen was born, on March 4th, Benjamin Harrison became the 23rd President of the United States. His grandfather, William Henry Harrison, was the 9th President of the United States. His father, John Scott Harrison - son of William Henry - was in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1895 - He was just 6 years old when on May 18th, Italy's first motor race was held. The race was 58 miles long - from Turin to Asti and back. Five cars started but only three completed the race. It was won by Simone Federman who drove a Daimler Omnibus - his average speed was 9.6 mph.
1902 - By the time he was merely 13 years old, about 150 thousand United Mine Workers went on strike in eastern Pennsylvania for a wage increase and more suitable hours. They eventually got a 10% raise and their workday was reduced from 10 hours to 9. Because winter was coming and most people at the time heated their homes with coal, President Teddy Roosevelt arbitrated between the owners and the workers - the first time that the Federal government arbitrated in a strike.
1906 - At the age of 17 years old, William was alive when English biochemist Frederick Hopkins concluded that vitamins are essential to the human body and that a lack of vitamins caused scurvy and rickets. Scurvy and rickets were both huge problems in sailors that were at sea for extended time and the addition of vitamin C, vitamin D, and calcium in their diets helped eradicate the problem.
1915 - In the year of William Vincent Allen's passing, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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