Bernard Brian HOWLEY

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HOWLEY, Bernard Brian

Service Number:	SX5299
Enlisted:	17 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackwood, South Australia, 31 July 1918
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Egypt, 17 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Plot: XXII. E. 15.,
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colonel Light Gardens St Therese Catholic Church - Stations of the Cross, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Port Adelaide S.A. Railways Carriage and Wagon Dept. Roll of Honor, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Honor Roll WW2

World War 2 Service

17 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX5299, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX5299, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA: 1861 - 1954) Tuesday 4 August 1942

Sig. B. B. Howley Killed in Action

Mr. and Mrs. J. Howley, of Colonel Light Gardens, Adelaide, have received word that their fourth son, Signaller Bernard Brian Howley has been killed in action in Eygpt. Mrs. Howley is well known in Penola, where, prior to her marriage, she was Miss Beatrice Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Howley have three other sons still in each of the fighting forces, namely the Navy, Air Force, and the A.I.F

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78115175

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Thursday 6 August 1942

DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE

HOWLEY, — In Egypt, Signaller Bernard Brian, dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howley, and beloved brother of Sybil, Ronan (AIF), Martin (RAN), Kevin, Joyce, Vincent (RAAF). Requiescat in pace.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article92380881

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