John Joseph HOWES

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Service Number:	3078
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 26 August 1935
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW A.I.F. Wall, Wall ZB Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials:

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3078, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
8 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3078, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3078, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
1 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 54th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir
13 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 54th Infantry Battalion
1 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 54th Infantry Battalion
11 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3078, 54th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the throat. Embarked for England on 16 May 1917.
24 Apr 1921:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3078, 54th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to tuberculosis

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Son of Timothy Howes and Margaret Howes of Railway Parade, Marrickville, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Rachael Kirby of Railway Parade, Marrickville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Ruahine disembarking on 7 July 1919.

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Clotilde Alice Vaughan Howes nee Mundy. John and Clotilde married during 1919c in Sydney, NSW. Father of Arthur Howes.