Thomas Henry HOWE

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HOWE, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	2239
Enlisted:	20 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Erskineville, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brick-layer
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), Murdos, Greece, 9 August 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Portianos Military Cemetery Portianos Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Aegean Islands, Greece
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
16 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2239, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography

"...2239 Private Thomas Henry Howe, 1st Battalion, of Erskineville, NSW. A bricklayer before enlisting in April 1915, Pte Howe left Australia for Egypt with the 6th Reinforcements in June 1915, and arrived on the Gallipoli peninsula on the first day of the Battle for Lone Pine in August 1915. Pte Howe had shattered his thigh and was wounded in the left arm after two days at Gallipoli, and was evacuated to Mudros where he died of his wounds on 9 August 1915, aged 31." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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