Leslie Joseph HOWARD

HOWARD, Leslie Joseph

Service Number: 833
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Nubba, NSW, 1889
Home Town: Harden, New South Wales
Schooling: Public School
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914: Involvement Driver, 833, 1st Divisional Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Driver, 833, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Medic, Adelaide
17 Oct 1917: Involvement Gunner, 833, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 833 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-17

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of George and Augusta HOWARD, 19 Railway Cottage, Harden, New South Wales.

Gunner LESLIE HOWARD, son of Mrs. A. Howard, of Harden, New South Wales, was killed in France on October 17. He sailed from Adelaide October 19,  1914, for Egypt, with the 4th Div. Train. A.A.S.C. Thence he was transferred to the 11th Field Artillery Brigade in France. Two of his brothers are serving  in France and one in Egypt.