REPORTED MISSING

LIEUTENANT P. R. H. ALLEN

Lieutenant P. R. H. Allen, R.N., only son of Colonel Sir Stephen Allen, K.8.E., C.M.G., D.5.0., and Lady Allen, of Morrinsville, has been reported missing and his submarine overdue in the Mediterranean.

Lieutenant Allen has a splendid record. Educated at King's Preparatory School and Wanganui Collegiate School—where he won the school's most noted award, the Marshall Memorial Exhibition—he entered the Royal Navy nine months before the ■war. His record in passing the various examinations was particularly good, and he next served as a midshipman in H.M.S. Norfolk and Berwick, transferring to H.M. destroyer Vanessa and then to H.M.S. Nelson, followed shore courses, in which he took first-class passes in all subjects, obtaining the Admiralty's maximum seniority and other awards. As a sub-lieutenant he volunteered for submarine service and, after completing a special course, was sent to Malta. Gazetted lieutenant from January 1, having reached the age of 20, he temporarily served in a Polish submarine until finally appointed to the submarine which now is reported overdue, ... Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Allen, member for Hauraki, who was killed in action in Libya last year, was a cousin of Lieutenant P. R. H. Allen. Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Allen s father was killed in the war of 1014-18.