Ernest Sidney HOWES

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Service Number:	3132
Enlisted:	1 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Mobile Veterinary Section
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 March 1893
Home Town:	Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1958, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	East Brisbane War Memorial

1 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3132, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3132, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3132, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
18 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Promoted to Gunner when taken on strength
26 Dec 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, Australian Veterinary Hospital
10 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section
19 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3132, 2nd Mobile Veterinary Section, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to his defective hearing

Son of John Thomas Howes and Elizabeth Howes nee Jones of John Street, Kangaroo Point, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 4 January 1919 aboard HT Morvada disembarking on 20 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 20 December 1919 Ernest married Violet Beatrice Hall in QLD