HOWARTH, Lionel Reginald
| Service Number: | 4399 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1900 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 May 1918, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canley Vale Public School WW1 Roll of Honour, Leichhardt Public School WW1 Supplementary Honour Roll, Leichhardt War Memorial, Sydney Employees of Nock & Kirby Limited Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4399, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4399, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 4399, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4399 awm_unit: 8th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jenny Howarth
Lionel was born at the Home of Hope, Stanley Street, Newtown, a home for unwed mothers. He was the illegitimate son of Margueritta Howarth and William H. Willis. At the age of 10, following the death of his mother, his step-father placed him into the Mittagong Boys Home and he went into foster care. On 9th October 1915, he lied about his age and said he was 18 years and 9 months and enlisted in the army, with the signed consent of his foster mother, Mrs Grace Bedding. He was infact 15 years and 9 months. At the time of his death, not yet 18 years of age, he had served at the front for 1 year and 7 months. His foster family placed a memorial notice in the Sydney papers following his death showing their regard for Lionel.