Walter Stace (Stace) HOWDEN DSO, MBE, ED

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Service Number:	VX14047
Enlisted:	6 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 7 December 1906
Home Town:	Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Brighton Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Official
Died:	Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1989, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne The Victorian Garden of Remembrance Wall 127, Row G
Memorials:

6 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX14047, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
19 Oct 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX14047, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Sydney, disembarked Middle East on 25 November 1940.
12 Jun 1941:	Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX14047, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
29 Jan 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX14047, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Middle East, via Bombay, Disembarked Queensland on 24 March 1942.
19 Feb 1943:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, Temporary Rank
7 Nov 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX14047, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Cairns, disembarked Aitape, New Guinea, on 12 November 1944.
24 Oct 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, Relinquished command of the 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion, and placed on Retired Services List.
10 Nov 1945:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX14047, Embarked Wewak, disembarked Brisbane 19 November 1945.
2 Jan 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, VX14047, 2nd/8th Infantry Battalion
14 Feb 1946:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea

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