John Waiter (Jock) HOWIE MC

HOWIE, John Waiter

Service Number: 341
Enlisted: 2 October 1915, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: Dundee Scotland, April 1892
Home Town: Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fuel Merchant
Died: 15 May 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Qld
Presbyterian Section 1, Line 3, Plot 9
Memorials: Eungella Memorial Trees, Tinana War Memorial
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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mrs Elizabeth Howie, 'Hillside', Hill Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland

Military Cross

''For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of a half battery in an attack. He moved his section up in close support of the infantry until the final objective was gained. By close co-operation with the infantry he located the enemy preparing for counter attacks, and did much to prevent them being launched.''
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 150
Date: 24 September 1918

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