Albert HOWSE

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Service Number:	1659
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Morang, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Meat Inspector
Died:	Preston, Victoria, Australia, 1940, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Methodist area B, Grave 114
Memorials:

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 59th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
4 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1659, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
4 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1659, 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
4 May 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From 59th Battalion at Windmill, Hill
26 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, From 67th Battalion
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 59th Infantry Battalion
17 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1659, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at 3rd Military District

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Son of John Howse and Catherine Howse nee Love of Morang, Victoria.

Husband of Bertha Mabel Howse nee Tew of Bell Street, Preston, Victoria. Albert and Bertha married during 1909c in Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 September 1919 aboard HT Plassy disembarking on 25 October 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal