HOWARD, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 2362 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1915, One of 11 men who volunteered at a recruitment meeting at Scone, NSW. |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Wingen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 September 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2362, 30th Infantry Battalion, One of 11 men who volunteered at a recruitment meeting at Scone, NSW. | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2362, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2362, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2362, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2362 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Albert Edward HOWARD (Service Number 2362) was born in Wickham on 9th January 1893. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a porter in the Murrurundi District in February 1914. In May he was made a transhipment porter at Werris Creek. In March 1915 he had a week off duty when his knee was injured (striking brake van step) when unloading goods, but half pay was approved.
In August 1915 he was working as a porter at Scone when he was granted leave to enlist in the AIF in Newcastle. He was one of 11 men who volunteered at a recruiting meeting at Scone on Monday 2nd August 1915: [Scone Advocate, Tues. 3/8/1915, p.2.]
He embarked from Sydney in March 1916. He was sent via Egypt with reinforcements to France in June, and ‘taken on strength’ by the 30th Battalion in August. In November he was sent to hospital with rheumatism and gastritis. He returned to duty in December. In April 1917 he was appointed Lance Corporal. In September 1917 he went on leave to England. 10 days later he was admitted to hospital there and given a course of treatment for venereal disease. He was discharged from hospital in October and returned to France in December 1917 where he re-joined his battalion.
He was reported wounded in action on 29th September 1918 in the Battle of the St Quentin Canal. A Court of Enquiry held in December determined that he died of wounds in the field sometime between 29th September and 1st October 1918. He was buried at Nauroy Road British Cemetery, 7½ miles NNW of St Quentin. After the war his remains were exhumed and re-interred at the larger Bellicourt British Cemetery, 7¾ miles NNW of St Quentin.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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