Biography: Allen, Frederick Richard

Fred Allen knighted

Fred Allen was knighted in the 2010 Queen’s Birthday Honours. Here he poses for the occasion for the New Zealand Herald’s Greg Bowker.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: NZH-1047622

by Greg Bowker

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How to cite this page

David Green. 'Allen, Frederick Richard', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2019. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47142/fred-allen-knighted (accessed 4 June 2026).