HOWARTH, James
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bradford, Yorkshire, England, January 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Whitby, Yorkshire, England, February 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maryanne Jaques
James Gorse Howarth grew up in Bradford and Harrogate UK. His family were in woollen milling and at the time of WW1 his father owned a mill in Bradford.
He left for Australia in January 1914 aged 24. He travelled and worked in Queensland before enlisting in January 1916. At the time of enlistment he had been working as a stockman.
At the end of WW1 Lt. James Howarth requested that he be demobilised back to England rather than to Australia, stating that he was required to help manage the family business.
James Howarth married Lillian Oliver in June 1919 and they had two sons. Both sons ended up emigrating - one to Canada and the other Australia.