Archibald Allen

Brigadier Archibald Robert Allen, ED (20 October 1888 – September 1961) was a senior Australian Army officer in the Second World War.

Archibald Robert Allen
Born	(1888-10-20)20 October 1888 Nunhead, England
Died	September 1961
Allegiance	Australia
Service / branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1914–1944
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	Western Reinforcement Training Centre (1944) Western Australia Lines of Communication Area Training Depots (1942–44) 3rd Infantry Brigade (1936–42) 43rd/48th Infantry Battalion (1931–36)
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Efficiency Decoration

Allen is believed to have enlisted in the First World War on 16 September 1914 and was assigned to H Company in the 16th Battalion (according to the AIF Project website^[which?]).^{[citation needed]}

Between the wars Allen was the Commanding Officer 43rd/48th Infantry Battalion.^[1]

During the Second World War Allen was Commanding Officer of the 3rd Infantry Brigade (1936–1942), and Commandant of the Western Reinforcement Training Centre (1944). He retired in 1944.^[1]