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HOWARD, Harold Hubert
| Service Number: | 6032 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Osmond, 9 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Memorials: | Glen Osmond St Saviour's Anglican Church Memorial Stained Glass Windows & Plaques, GlenOsmondO5*, Largs Bay St Alban's Church Roll of Honor, Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay School Roll of Honor, Streaky Bay War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Corporal, 6032, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: |
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| 1 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 6032, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT 19 'Afric' | |
| 22 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6032, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Surname: HOWARD ; Given Names: Harold Hubert; Date of Birth: 9 May 1893; Date of Enlistment: 1 March 1916; Trade or Calling: Farmer; Birth Location: Glen Osmond; Address prior to enlistment: Nargullic Petina West Coast; Photograph sent by: Mrs W H Howard
Source: State Records SA
embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note:
Service record not yet fully interrogated
HOWARD Harold Hubert : Service Number - 6032 : Place of Birth - Glen Osmond SA : Place of Enlistment - Adelaide SA : Next of Kin - (Father) HOWARD Walter
Appointed Provisional Corporal 16 Oct 1916
Appointed Provisional Sergeant in October 1916 10 -18 October during Base Depot training. These promotions were administrative and were only ever temporary in nature.
Reduced to Private on arrival in UK and Assignment to 3rd Training Battalion Rollestone
Promoted Cpl 6 March1917
Assigned to Fance and reduced to Private before being taken on Strength 27th Battalion 9 April 1917
He was recorded as evacuated to hospital sick 25 July returning to the the 17th Battalion on 22 Sep 1917
The 27th Battalion fought in several on the major battles of the Third Ypres campaign. During the latter stages Howard was Wounded in Action - 5 October 1917
He re-joined the Battalion on 18 Nov but was evacuated when found to have a foreign body in his pectoral (chest) region (presumably shrapnel or bullet fragments)
Admitted Birmingham War Hospital 27 Nov 1917.
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