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

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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