HOWELL, Angus McIntyre
| Service Numbers: | S32464, SX11424 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Euroa, Victoria, Australia, 7 August 1910 |
| Home Town: | Largs Bay, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Australian War Memorial |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement S32464 | |
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| 25 Feb 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, SX11424 | |
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX11424 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted S32464 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Richard James Howell and Julia Howell; husband of Annie Vera Howell, of Bannockburn, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sergeant Angus McIntyre Howell (Service Nos:VP3629/SX11424) enlisted in the AMF in Melbourne on 13 March 1934 as a Private with 2 Heavy Brigade RAA. Bombardier Howell served in Darwin NT with 9th Heavy Battery RAA, and was a T/Sergeant with Special Coast Defence Force at Largs Bay in South Australia when he enlisted in the AIF on 25 February 1941. Sergeant Howell was attached to Heavy (Coastal) Battery Rabaul on 1 June 1941 when he was Reported Missing. It was later confirmed that he was a PoW on board the Japanese transport ship SS Montevidoe Maru when it was torpedoed in the South China Sea by an American submarine (which did not know it was carrying 979 Australian troops and civilians captured in Rabaul). Two older brothers - Ivo and Bill - served in WWI.
Mac was born at Euroa via Strathbogie, Victoria in 1910, youngest of five sons of Richard (Jack) James Howell (b1859 in Geelong, Victoria) and Julia McIntyre (b1867 in Winchelsea, Victoria). Jack (a Farmer at Strathbogie) and Julia married in 1895 in Winchelsea, and settled in the Strathbogie district (Merton, Wandooramook) and in Moriac where they raised their family and Jack was a Farmer.
Mac was a Farmer in Geelong when he enlisted in the Army in 1934, and in 1938 married Annie Vera Moebus (b1910 in Geelong, Victoria) - Annie was a Teacher in Rochester. Mac and Aniie were in Largs Bay, South Australia in 1941 when Mac enlisted in the AIF. Mac's death was not confirmed until 1946, and Annie returned from Largs Bay, South Australia to Victoria, where she was a Teacher in Chilwell before remarrying.
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