Hugh Gilbert HOWES

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HOWES, Hugh Gilbert

Service Number:	1082
Enlisted:	17 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Centennial Park, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action whist serving in Imperial Army , Kut-El-Amara, Persia, 8 March 1916
Cemetery:	Basra War Cemetery Name appears on panels 43 and 65
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1082, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1082, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 1082, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 1082, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
18 Apr 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1082, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Granted temporary commission in British Army

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alfred Howes and Annie Howes of 'Coleytong', Lang Road, Centennial Park, NSW.

On 19 April 1915 he was granted a temporary commission in the Imperial Army with the Indian Army of Reserve Officers with the rank of Lieutenant. He had previously served with the 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Raiputa Light Infantry

Medals: 1914-1915 Star (Australia). British War Medal, Victory Medal(Indian Army Department)

Birth registration details

Detail Source Ancestry
Name: Hugh G Howes
Birth Date: 1895
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year:1895
Registration Place: Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Father: Alfred Howes
Mother: Annie Howes
Registration Number:28638

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