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HOWELL, Edwin Guy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4140 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, 7 July 1888 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Bristol Grammar School, Gloucestershire, England. |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mungar Yerra Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4140, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4140, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4140, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 4139 Pte. Edgar Stanley Howell also of the 25th Battalion was also killed in action on the same day, 5 August 1916. Both bodies of the two brothers were discovered during the course of exhumation work at Pozieres during 1937, and Edwin's disc recovered and sent to his father in the UK. His brother Edgar was also identified by a portion of his identity disc and a silver match box. The brothers were reburied in the London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France.
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