Herbert Darius HOWARD

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Service Number:	6743
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kindred near Ulverstone, Tasmania, 1 August 1889
Home Town:	Ulverstone, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 9 April 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Bapaume Australian Cemetery Bapaume Australian Cemetery, Bapaume, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance

30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6743, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6743, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne

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Herbert Darius HOWARD was born on the 1st August, 1889 in Kindred, Ulverstone, Tasmania

His parents were John HOWARD and Matilda Martha RUSSELL

He enlisted on 4th August 1916 with the 12th Battalion

Unit embarked Melbourne on HMAT Palermo on 30th September, 1916

He died of wounds on 9th April, 1917 in France

Buried Baupaume Australian Cemetery - Row A, Grave 17

Awarded: British War Medal & Victory Medal

IN MEMORIAM - The Advocate (Burnie) Tasmania 9th April, 1919

HOWARD - In loving memory of our dear son & brother Private Herbert Darius, died of wounds somewhere in France April 9, 1917

Inserted by his sorrowing Father, Mother. Sisters and Brothers, Kindred.