HOWER, Fred
| Service Number: | 767 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | 1893, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toongabbie, Latrobe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Rosedale Shire Honour Roll, Toongabbie St. David's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 767, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mr George Hower, of Toongabbie, wounded at the Dardanelles. Private Hower is a member of the headquarters signalling staff, attached to the 16th Battalion, and went with the second contingent from South Australia. He learned the baking business with Mr. Veitch, and left Toongabbie eight years ago. He went to Broken Hill. When the war broke out and volunteers were called for, he enlisted with the South Australian Expeditionary Force. He is 22 years ot age, and the youngest son of the family.
A grandson of Mr. G. Hower, named Edward McMaster, is with the Australians at the Dardanelles He was formerly a porter at Bannockburn, and joined the signalling corps of the Victorian Contingent.
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