Alfred Oswald HOWSE MID

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HOWSE, Alfred Oswald

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	14 November 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Stogursey, Somerset, England, 14 February 1870
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Medical Practicioner
Died:	Heart failure, Molong Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1923, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales S-O-GE-363
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World War 1 Service

14 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Captain, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Captain, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
28 Jan 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
1 Sep 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Between 1 March 1916 and 1 September 1916 for consistently and meritorious service while serving with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade. London Gazette on 1 June 1917, page 5423, position 127 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 October 1917, page 2625, position 80
10 Nov 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade
18 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to ulcerated stomach.

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Howse and Lucy E. Howse of Somerset, England.

Husband of Dizie Elizabeth Howse nee Conroy of College Street, Sydney, NSW. Alfred and Dizie married during 1899c in Sydney, NSW.

Father of Beresford Oswald Howse who returned to Australia on 3 April 1919 having served with the 14th Field Artillery Brigade and Lionel Howse who did not served

Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1916 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 31 December 1916 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.

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

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