Frederick Walter Parker HOWES

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HOWES, Frederick Walter Parker

Service Number:	2399
Enlisted:	31 August 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mount Egerton, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Letter Carrier
Died:	Mount Lawley, Western Australia, 2 September 1959, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden M, Position 0192 Commemorated in the WA Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2399, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2399, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle
26 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion
10 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 48th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right thigh. Embarked HS Mancho for England on 18 August 1916
3 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2399, 48th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was Letter Carriers Room, Perth, WA

Son of Arthur Charles Howes and Emma Jane Howes nee Parker of Jenkins Street, Coolgardie. WA

Brother of Arthur William Henry Howes who was gassed while serving with the 2nd Pioneer Battalion and died as a result on 4 August 1916 and is buried in the Heilly Station Cemetery. Plot 111, Row B, Grave 8

Commenced return to Australia on 17 March 1917 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on 5 May 1917

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

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