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HOWS, Edward Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 236, 236A |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Machine Gun Companies and Battalions |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1956, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 236, 8th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 236, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 236, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion, From the 8th Machine Gun Company. Letter 'A' added to service number when taken on strength now 236A | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 236A, 34th Infantry Battalion, Gassed. Invalided to England on 6 June 1918 | |
| 20 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions | |
| 25 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment he was residing in Lincoln Street, Campsie, NSW
Son of Charles Ernest Hows and Cambridge Street, Paddington, NSW and Ida Rosetta Williams of Lincoln Street, Campsie, NSW.
Brother of Charles Ernest Hows who returned to Australia on 20 September 1919 having served with the 9th Machine Gun Company and the 3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on 9 April 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Edward married Elsie M.J. Grose in Marrickville, NSW