Sidney Albert HOWSE

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Service Number:	6788
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, 25 May 1893
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway repairer
Died:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 22 November 1977, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 24 November 1977 and ashes were collected.
Memorials:

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6788, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6788, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6788, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
28 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6788, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision

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Christian name sometimes spelt as Sydney Albert Howse.

Son of Frederick William Howse and Louisa Cecilia Clothilda Howse nee Dayley of Yorkeshire, England.

Husband of Lilian May Howse nee Fellowes of Surrey Street, Burnley, Victoria. Sidney and Lillian married during 1915c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 January 1918 aboard HT Osterley

Medal: British War Medal