George HOWES

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Service Number:	2140
Enlisted:	5 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lather
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 11, Row A, Grave 8. Chaplain W.E. Dexter officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2140, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2140, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2140, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne

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Son of George Howes and Martha Howes of Melbourne, Victoria

Husband of Mabel Melinda Howes nee Clark of Melrose Street, North Melbourne, Victoria. George and Mabel married during 1910c in Melbourne.

Father of George John Howes, Lillian Hannah Howes, Eileen Daisy Howes, Arthur James Howes, Albert Edward Howes and Edith Martha Howes

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal