Bernard James HOWARD

HOWARD, Bernard James

Service Number: NX73270
Enlisted: 28 November 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 19 October 1914
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Quirindi & District Memorial and Clock Tower
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX73270
28 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX73270

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Biography contributed by Pauline Graves

See note on Bernard in Dorothy Durrant's book "Quirindi 1939-1950 Courage and Commiment"

 

Bernie was a prisoner of war after Singapore fell. He was in Changi then on the Burma Railway and died whilst being transported to Japan.