HOWES, George Anderson
Service Numbers: | 1201, 1275 |
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Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Rosehill, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, October 1893 |
Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural causes, Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1972 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1201, Rosehill, New South Wales | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1201, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1201, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
9 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1275, 4th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the foot. Invalided to England aboard HS Gloucester Castle | |
14 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1275, 4th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick Golden Howes and Isabella Walker Howes nee Anderson of Stuart Street, Granville,NSW.
Commenced return to Australia on 13 November 1915 aboard HS Wandilla disembarking on 14 January 1916
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Dorothy Emmeline Howes nee Constable of Granville, NSW. George and Dorothy married during 1921c in NSW