Ernest HOWES

HOWES, Ernest

    Service Number: 1946
    Enlisted: 15 January 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    15 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1946, Depot Battalion
    17 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1946, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    17 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1946, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
    24 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, At Serapeum
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1946, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1946 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

    Ernest Howes

    Ernest Howes was born in 1897 at Carlton Victoria to Wesley James Saunders and Eliza (Rose) Fitzgerald. Ernest was a blacksmith before enlisting and had two siblings Wesley James 1894-1954 and Mable Olive born 1901.

    Submitted 30 October 2016 by deirdre palmer

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Statement by 782 Sergeant A.J. Ferguson, B Company, 60th Bn, 30 [?] Aptil 1919:  At Fleurbaix during our attack we wereadvancing and I was about 10 yards from Howes. He was carrying a box of bombs and a bullet struck the box, causing the bombs to explode. He was killed instantly. I was wounded myself so I could not say where he was buried

    Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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