HOWIE, Oscar Roy
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | McClaren Vale, South Australia, 25 June 1886 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, 17 July 1957, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 15 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Mining Corps | |
| 8 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 May 1942: | Enlisted Collie, Western Australia |
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Biography
"LIEUTENANT OSCAR ROY HOWIE, M.C.
Lieutenant Oscar Roy Howie, who has been awarded the Military Cross, was born at McLaren Vale in 1886, and was educated at the local school. As a youth he proceeded with his parents to Collie, Western Australia, and worked in the coal mines there. Soon after he left for England, where he spent three years in study, and finined his mining degree. He then returned to Collie to take up a position as mine manager. He came to South Australia to enlist, and he departed for the front in February, 1916, as a second lieutenant in the Mining Corps, Australian Engineers. He was promoted to first lieutenant in July, and is now acting as a temporary Captain." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 03 Feb 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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