Ernest Frank HOWES

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Service Number:	2514
Enlisted:	6 September 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	First Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born:	London, England, 5 January 1888
Home Town:	Haberfield, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Rigger
Died:	Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 3 June 1963, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated. East Terrace 3, Wall 5
Memorials:

6 Sep 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2514, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
26 Nov 1917:	Involvement 2514, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked 2514, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), SS Indarra, Melbourne
1 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
6 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, In France
4 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 2514, No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of William Howes and Alice Howes of Walnut Cottage, Woodford Green, Essex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 10 April 1919 aboard HT Medic disembarking on 1 June 1919

Medal: British War Medal

Husband of Gwendoline Brumwell Howes nee Cheeseman. Ernest and Gwendoline married during 1926c in Manly, NSW