HOWARD, Roy Edwin
Service Number: | Q119419 |
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Enlisted: | 30 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 13 April 1904 |
Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storekeeper |
Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 23 June 1997, aged 93 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Stanthorpe General Cemetery, Queensland |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
30 Sep 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, Q119419 | |
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30 Sep 1941: | Enlisted | |
30 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q119419 | |
18 Feb 1946: | Discharged | |
18 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, Q119419 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Roy Edwin Howard was the youngest of 4 children of Edwin Howard and Mary Magda,ena John of Ipswich QLD. Brother Morris Percival Howard served in WWII.
Roy was a Storekeeper and married Edna May Smith in Ipswich QLD in 1943. From 1936 to 1941, Roy was in the ACMF 49th Battalion of Brisbane, QLD Moreton Regiment.
In September 1941 he enlisted in the Australian Army and served with 5 Australian Ordinance Sea Craft Platoon as a Sergeant (Service No: Q119419) until his Discharge in February 1946
Roy worked as a Commercial Traveller until his retirement to Labrador QLD