HOWDEN, Francis Emery
| Service Numbers: | 1880, V353013 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 May 1916, Geelong, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC) |
| Born: | Southern Cross, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1892 |
| Home Town: | Southern Cross, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Fairy Public School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter / Grocer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, 6 May 1973, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Lawn C., No.69 (ref 381664) |
| Memorials: | Mailors Flat Yarpturk State School & District Honor Roll, Port Fairy School Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Geelong, Victoria | |
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| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V353013, Volunteer Defence Corps (VIC), Koroit, Vic. |
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A life after war
While in France, Frank regularly wrote home and letters were published in the local papers, the Koroit Sentinel & Tower Hill Advocate and the Port Fairy Gazette. In one article it was noted he had sent home a 'piece of oak from the famous Cloth Hall at Ypres' and 'a portion of a brass fitting from a German submarine that went ashore of the Belgium coast' (Port Fairy Gazette, April 4 1918).
Francis Emery Howden met and Married Violet Snowie Mathieson in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Snowie has previously been engaged to a soldier who had been killed in action. Frank and Snowie married on 28 April 1919. Frank departed for Australia, with Snowie, on the ship the Demosthenes on 26th October 1919.
Francis Emery Howden continued his service to the country, leading the Koroit branch of the Volunteer Defence Corp (with Angus Anderson) during World War II.
Submitted 30 January 2016 by Peter Howden
Biography
Son of Thomas Henry HOWDEN and Mary Ann HOWDEN nee EMERY, Southern Cross via Koroit, Victoria.
Husband of Violet Snowie HOWDEN nee MATHIESON, Southern Cross via Koroit, Victoria.
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