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MAIN, Howard Leslie
| Service Number: | 130 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia, August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 21 December 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 130, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 130, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 130, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 27 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 130, 10th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW scalp | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 130, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Howard Leslie Main
Before the war
Howard Leslie Main was son of Elizabeth Main (who would later be his next of kin), born in August 1892 in Port Augusta, South Australia. He was a labourer before the war began and was a Methodist. He had blue eyes, brown hair with a fresh complexion. He stood at 5.8 feet tall (177 cm) and weighed 128 lbs (58 kg). Howard Leslie was unmarried with no children at 23 years and 5 months on the date of his enlistment on January 18th, 1916. He was assigned to the 43rd battalion, A Company with the service number 130.
During the war
On 9 June, 1916 Howard Leslie left Australia with A Company on the HMAT Afric A19. When he arrived in England he quickly journeyed to France to join the 10th Battalion from reinforcements.
On the 30th of November, Howard Leslie fell ill and was admitted to hospital. He was then admitted again on the 4th of December for sore feet in Rouen. On the following day, Main was moved to England by hospital ship Western Australia for trench feet, a foot condition that develops from feet being wet for too long. He was admitted to the 2nd B’ham (Birmingham) Hospital on the 6th and was granted furlough to Perham Downs on the 10th of January 1917.
Howard Leslie went absent without leabe from 3:30pm on the 25th of January until 4pm on the 27th in Perham Downs. He was given three days of field punishment number two and his pay was forfeited for eight days. On the 29th he was marched in from furlough and on the 1st of February he marched out to Wareham. On the 23rd of March he was transferred to the 70th Battalion.
Howard Leslie went AWL for a second time in Wareham from the 29th of April 9:30pm until he was reported to guard on the 3rd of May at 9pm. He was given 5 days of field punishment number two and his pay was forfeited for ten days. On the 8th of May he was punished for drunkenness by being confined to camp for seven days. However before his punishment concluded, he was admitted to the 1st A.D.H in Bulford for phagedaena, an ulcer that spreads rapidly and sheds and separates dead tissue. He was discharged two days later and marched in. On the 19th he transferred back to the 10th battalion and marched out to the 69th draft battalion.
Howard Leslie proceeded overseas to France on the 9th of October 1917 and rejoined the 10th Battalion. On the 27th of March, he was wounded in action after the enemy fired short shots that fell at the posts. He was transferred to the Casualty Clearing Station (C.C.S) with a shrapnel wound to the scalp. On the 13th of April he travelled to Calais by hospital barge and was administered. He was then administered in Woolwich 4 days later and was transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital. On the 30th of April, Howard Leslie was discharged to the no.2 C. Depot and was marched in to Waymouth.
After the war
On the 12th of May, Howard Leslie Main returned to Australia on the ship Ruahine. He disembarked on the 5th of July and he was discharged on the 22nd due to being medically unfit. He served for 2 years and 186 days with 2 years and 27 days being abroad. He died on December 21st, 1967 at the age of 74. He is buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia.
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