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HOWLAND, Cyril
| Service Number: | 1069 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916, at Mt Gambier |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, October 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Great War Roll of Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1069, 43rd Infantry Battalion, at Mt Gambier | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1069, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1069, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1069, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Cyril Howland was born in 1894 to parents Fredrick Henry John Howland and Mary Jane Howland in Mount Gambier in South Australia. He was the second son to Fredrick but the first to Mary. He had a half-brother named Alfred Earnest Henry Howland (Fredrick Howland’s first son), a brother called Arthur Stilville Howland and three sisters named Muriel Howland, Clarice Edith Howland, and Hilary Guy Howland. Before enlisting in the war Cyril Howland was a carpenter. He enlisted in the war on the 1st of April 1916 and left on the 9th of June 1916 on the boat the ‘Afric’.
He went to the hospital for the first time for 12 days on the 10th of February in 1917. During this time, he suffered from Scabies which were an intensely itchy, burrowing mite. Scabies was very common and contagious. He rejoined his unit on the 22nd of February, a day after the 43rd battalion was relieved by the 41st battalion, on this day some soldiers went back out to help the battalions on the front line. 6 days later the 28th of February 1917 the 43rd went back to the front line.
From the 6th of March until the 12th of March 1917 the 43rd battalion was fighting on the front line in Le Bizet so we can assume that he became ill during that time because he was sent to hospital on the 8th of March 1917 suffering from Mumps which was contagious and the leading cause of missed days of action in World War 1. Cyril Howland returned to the war on the 22nd of March. During this time, the 43rd battalion was still in Bizet but not on the front line.
Cyril Howland stayed fighting with the 43rd battalion fighting in mostly Ploegsteert and Le Bizet. On the 24th of May 1918, Cyril Howland was admitted to the 47th casualty clearing suffering from trench fever. On the 8th of June 1918, he was sent to England to receive better treatment and for 8 months he was travelling between different auxiliary hospitals before returning to duty on the 2nd of October 1918. On the 2nd of October 1918, he began fighting again.
Cyril Howland returned home from the war on the 29th of March 1919 after serving for three years and 301 days. When returning he was sent to the A.I.F and was discharged a few months later the 13th of May 1919. Cyril Howland passed away in 1969 in Adelaide, South Australia.
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