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HOWLETT, Hubert Loftus

Service Number:	3166
Enlisted:	24 October 1916, Geelong, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Malmsbury State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Motor engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XXXI, Row G, Grave No. 19
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Castlemaine Loyal Castlemaine Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour WW1, Kyneton War Memorial, Malmsbury School No 1408 Honor Roll, Malmsbury War Memorial Gates, Taradale War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 58th Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic.
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3166, 58th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 3166, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3166, 58th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Hubert Loftus Howlett is also remembered on the Taradale War Memorial, Vic.