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HOWELL, William James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 739 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Yambuk, Victoria, Australia, 17 August 1873 |
Home Town: | Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Ballarat (Old) General Cemetery Buried with his wife Violet |
Memorials: | Orford & District WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 739, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
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8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 739, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Melbourne |
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William was the son of William and Rose Howell
Wlliam married Violet May Edhouse on 11 June 1902 in Beaconsfield W.A.
They had 8 children
Before enlisting he was a carpenter..