Howard Oswald WATERS

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Service Number:	2706
Enlisted:	22 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gawler, South Australia, 15 October 1888
Home Town:	Gawler, Gawler, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 24 March 1970, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mitcham Anglican Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor

22 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2706, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2706, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2706, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney
4 Jul 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2706, Discharged medically unfit, Mitral disease

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24 January 1916 - Returned to Australia on board Karoola

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

28 March 1949 - His Returned from Active Service Badge number 24224 was found in Melbourne

23 Septer 1922 - Married Annie Duncan at the resdence of H Duncan, Glenelg

RSL Information

31 March 1937 - Joined Glenelg Sub Branch

1 January 1934 - Transferred to Railways Sub branch

19 April 1938 - Transferred to Edwardstown Sub Branch

Addresses - 40 Maxwell Street, Edwardstown; last known address was 40 Ferguson Avenue Myrtle Bank;

Badge S15497 lost