David Herbert William HOWARD

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HOWARD, David Herbert William

Service Number:	SX6228
Enlisted:	21 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brompton, SA, 26 March 1911
Home Town:	Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Brompton Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Libya, 18 April 1941, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 3 L 10
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX6228
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
21 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX6228, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of David Best and Annie Elizabeth HOWARD

Husband of Thelma Doreen Adell HOWARD of 39 Eighth Street, Bowden, SA

Married with two children, David was educated at the Brompton Public School and played football for Torrens United Club for several seasons. In civilian life he worked at the Australian Glass Factory and Kilkenny and enlisted in June 1940. Leaving Australia in November 1940 he fought in the Desert to Tobruk and was killed in action on 18 April 1941 in the Tobruk Sector.

HE DIED FOR THE ONES HE LOVED

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