Percy Melbourne HOWES

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Service Number:	7193
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1881
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, April 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Grave 2851. Interred on 29 April 1971
Memorials:

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7193, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
19 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7193, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7193, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
26 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7193, 8th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
6 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7193, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Dilmond John Howes and Mary Howes nee Singleton of Elgin Street, Hawthorn, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 29 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal