HOWES, John Joseph
Service Number: | 3078 |
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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: |
World War 1 Service
7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3078, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
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.