Private Allen James Head – 5/1839
https://www.honouravenueskingspark.com.au/present/hap-database/2671-pte-allen-alan-head There are no known photos of Private Allen James Head. The 19-year-old West Australian soldier died in Korea in November 1952. He died the same day as his good friend Private Brian Castle and both their graves in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea and their memorial plaques in Kings Park are located next to each other. Head was born in 1933 when his parents lived in Carlisle, Perth. He then attended school in Gosnells and worked as a carpenter in the that area just prior to enlisting in the army in May 1951. He had a short stint as an apprentice bootmaker in 1949 but found travelling to the city from his home in Kenwick to be very difficult to sustain. [i] Boot making as an occupation wasn’t the right fit for him. In August 1951, Head was living at the Recruit Training Centre in Guildford, when he and his older brother, Charles, were fined for drinking offences. Head was only 18 an