Albert HOWES

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Service Numbers:	414, 31, 20195
Enlisted:	18 November 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Brighton, Sussex, England, 1 January 1884
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

18 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 414, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 31, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 31, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 414, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Discharged due to time expired.
20 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20195, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Sapper, 20195, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Sapper, 20195, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
21 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers, In France
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20195, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 1st Military District

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Son of William Howes of St. Marys Place, Brighton, Sussex, England.

Husband of Georgina Howes nee Russell of Wood Street, Warwick, QLD. Albert and Georgina married on 22 August 1916 in QLD.

Commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on 17 April 1916

Commenced return to Australia on 8 July 1919 aboard Friedrichsruh disembarking on 4 September 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal