Lindsay Gordon HOWES

HOWES, Lindsay Gordon

Service Number: 1168
Enlisted: 15 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 1st Motor Transport Company
Born: St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Electrician
Died: Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Cremation service held on 19 October 1978. Ashes were scattered. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance
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World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
26 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Supply Column
18 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Division Supply Column
12 Mar 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company, In France
7 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1168, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alxander Charles Howes and Flora Howes nee Darcy of Belford Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. 

Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1921c Lindsay married Minnie Elvie Jones in Victoria