Biography

Deceased is one of nine children born in Victoria to Elizabeth Maria and Sam Allen. The deceased's brother, Robert Hamilton, died and was buried in Sandstone in 1929 as the result of suicide from a gunshot wound. Mr. Allen came to Mt. Magnet at the age of 16. For thirty years he was engaged in business in that district as a contractor until he took up a pastoral property in the Sandstone district. Always keenly interested in local affairs, Mr. Allen was for many years a member of the Mt. Magnet Road Board and later of the Black Range Road Board, of which he was chairman at the time of his recent illness. He was also interested in various sporting bodies in both districts, particularly the Mt Magnet Racing Club and the Sandstone Sports Club. The chief mourners at his funeral were his sons, R. D. Allen, B. J. Allen and his daughter, P. H. Broadhurst. Deceased is buried in the Presbyterian portion of the cemetery.