William HOWES

HOWES, William

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Last Unit: Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 1881
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: St Patrick's School Fortitude Valley; Christian Brothers' College Nudgee
Occupation: Roman Catholic Clergyman
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World War 1 Service

4 Jul 1916: Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
4 Jul 1916: Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

REV. WILLIAM HOWES, C.S.S.R.
(The first Queenslander admitted to the Redemptorist Order.)

The Rev. William Howes, C.SS.R., who was ordained priest in the Redemptorist Monastery. Clonard, Belfast, Ireland, by Bishop Henry on the 11th September last, and who is expected shortly to take up missionary work in Australia, is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howes, of New Farm, Brisbane. He received his early education at St. Patrick's School, Fortitude Valley, and subsequently at the Christian Brothers' College, Nudgee. About seven years ago he entered the Redemptorist Monastery at Waratah (N.S.W.), and after a novitiate of twelve months he left for Ireland, where he completed his ecclesiastical studies. He is the first, and so the only, Queenslander to join the Redemptorist Order.

Freeman's Journal Saturday 21 January 1905 page 25

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