Harold Ronald Ashley HOWSON

HOWSON, Harold Ronald Ashley

Service Number: 83722
Enlisted: 4 September 1943
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 October 1904
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Painter
Died: Perth, Western Australia, 11 June 1983, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

4 Sep 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 83722
3 Jan 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 83722

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

The fifth of seven children of James Alderson Howson (b1876 in Durham, England) and Minnie Mary Ann Ballard (b1879 in Adelaide, South Australia), Harold was born in Fremantle WA in 1904. James (a Painter) had emigrated in 1880, arriving in Fremantle WA on board the Robert Morrison. James and Minnie married in 1897 in Fremantle WA, and lived in Kalgoorlie, Perth and Fremantle where James was a Painter.

Harold was working as a Painter in Perth WA in 1929 when he married Ina Gertrude Brown (b1909 in Lion Mill, Mt Helena WA). The couple lived in Fremantle and Perth before Harold enlisted in the RAAF in September 1943. He was a Leading Aircraftman (Service No:83722) attached to 10 Stores Depot when he was Discharged in January 1946. Older brother Leonard served in WWI and brothers Thomas and James served in WWII.

Harold and Ina settled in Mt Hawthorn in Perth WA where Harold was a Painter. He and Ina both died in 1983.

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