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HOWES, John Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 593 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st ANZAC Signals Troop |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, October 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment D, Section 2, Grave 33. Interred 6 October 1942 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 593, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 593, 1st ANZAC Signals Troop , Embarked HT Chilka at Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st ANZAC Signals Troop | |
| 9 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st ANZAC Signals Troop | |
| 28 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 593, 1st ANZAC Signals Troop , Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to neurasthenia | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 593, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 593, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Stewart Howes and Margaret Howes nee Love of Evans Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 12 November 1917 from Suez aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on 17 December 1917
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
In 1941 John was living in Katoomba, NSW