Fredrick William HOWE

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Service Number:	TX3449
Enlisted:	19 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Smithton, Tasmania, Australia, 24 February 1915
Home Town:	Beaconsfield, West Tamar, Tasmania
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died at sea (Tamahoko Maru), East China Sea, Pacific Ocean, 24 June 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Cemetery: Singapore Memorial Burial or Cremation Place: Kranji, North West, Singapore, Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll, Singapore Memorial, Stanley Circular Head War Memorial

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19 Jan 1940:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3449
19 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3449, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion
24 Jun 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion

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