Robert Weston HOWLAND

Robert Weston HOWLAND Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	NX70713
Enlisted:	4 February 1941
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1914
Home Town:	Rutherford, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 1 October 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot B2, Row A, Grave 17
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), NX70713, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX70713, 2nd/33rd Infantry Battalion

Help us honour Robert Weston Howland's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Robert Weston HOWLAND was born in Newcastle, NSW on 9th May, 1914

His parents were John Edward HOWLAND & Opal Regina WESTON who married in St Pauls Church, West Maitland on 24th April, 1907

He married Norma Joan PROCTOR in St Marys Church in West Maitland, NSW in 1938

Robert died of wounds in New Guinea on 1st October, 1943 and is buried in the Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery

Showing 4 of 6 images.
Click images to start slideshow.