Robert HOWES

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Service Number:	2377
Enlisted:	6 May 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Memorials:

6 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2377, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2377, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2377, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
24 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
10 Dec 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2377, 60th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the buttock, severe. Transferred to England on 13 December 1917 aboard HS St. Patrick
11 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2377, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Edward Howes of Cummins Lane, Brighton North, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia 2 January 1919 aboard HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal