POWELL, John Howell
| Service Number: | 7040 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1865 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 15 March 1949, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CONGREGATIONAL-5CSW. 31. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7040, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 7040, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 7040, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 16 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7040, 4th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting peacefully but anonymously at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the 18th March 1949, Private John Howell Powell, 4th Battalion (Reg No-7040), labourer or miner from Railway Street, Merewether, New South Wales and Church Street, Newcastle, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 83. CONGREGATIONAL-5CSW. 31.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 21st May 1865 to William and Margaret Powell, John enlisted October 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W. (stated age 44, actual age 51!).
John returned home September 1917, being discharged medically unfit (overage) on the 16th October 1917.
Mr Powell’s name has not been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates (John Powell M.M., 13th Battalion, name inscribed) or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I located John resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so March 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
Lest We Forget
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