Bernard Wesley HOWARD MM

HOWARD, Bernard Wesley

    Service Number: 14729
    Enlisted: 3 April 1916, West Maitland
    Last Rank: Staff Sergeant
    Last Unit: 8th Field Ambulance
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1897
    Home Town: West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales
    Schooling: Maitland High School, Newington College and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Chemist's Apprentice - later Pharmicist
    Died: Natural causes, Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1982, aged 84 years
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    Cremated
    Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), West Maitland
    19 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
    19 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    26 Feb 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance
    7 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Field Ambulance
    18 Jul 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), On the night of 14th/15th May 1917, during an incessant storm of high explosive and gas shells in the vicinity of Noreuil, three men, 14729 Pte B.W. Howard, 7257 Pte W.R. Bowden, 7258 Pte A.D. Maggs, acting under the initiative of 6735 Lance Corporal A.J. Moore, proceeded to the rescue of two wounded men who were lying on the road. Despite the heavy shelling, they succeeded in adjusting the gas masks and dressing the wounds of the patients. They then carried the patients through the barrage to a place of safety. This gallant conduct, by all these men, undoubtedly saved the patients from gas poisoning or death from wounds.
    4 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 14729, 8th Field Ambulance, HT Norman, England for return to Australia as nursing staff (dispenser) - disembarking Sydney 20 August 1919
    4 Jul 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 8th Field Ambulance
    4 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 14729, 8th Field Ambulance

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