HOWARD, John
| Service Number: | 2156 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, 4th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2156, 19th Infantry Battalion, 4th Reinforcements | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2156, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2156, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
John HOWARD (Service Number 2156) served in the 19th Battalion. He enlisted in Liverpool. He described himself as a labourer'
He was born in Surry Hills about September 1892. When he enlisted on 10th July 1915, he was unmaried. He gave his aunt as his next of kin. (She eventually received his campaign medals and stated that she was his only living relative.)
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Argyllshire’ on 30th September 1915. He was taken on the strength of the 19th Battalion in the Canal Zone on 5th February 1916. In March he embarked at Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Forces in Belgium. He was disciplined at Boesegham in April for being Absent Without Leave and penalised with 10 days Field Punishment No. 2.
He was killed in action on 14th November 1916. No details as to the place or circumstances of his death survive and he has no known grave. He is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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