HOWES, Thomas Curwen
| Service Number: | 440 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Silloth, Carlisle, England, January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 March 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-32. 26. |
| Memorials: | Rozelle Department of Navigation Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 440, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 440, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 440, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 3 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 440, 5th Pioneer Battalion, MU - old age |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
85 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 11th March 1935, Sergeant Thomas Curwen Howes, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion, widower and seaman from Bolton Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age between 60 and 67. GENERAL-32. 26.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136836803
Born at Silloth, Carlisle, England between 1868 and 1875 to Thomas and ? Howes, Thomas had served with the Royal Navy when he enlisted July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Mr Howes was not wounded during his service, but returned home July 1918 with rheumatism and being overage.
His name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Navigation Department Honor Roll (unveiled on the 15th December 1917).
I placed a wooden cross July 2019 at Mr Howes’s unmarked grave, now forgotten, in remembrance of his service for God, King and Country.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=441528#grave-photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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