HOWLETT, Thomas
| Service Number: | 20 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Memorials: | Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 20 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 20, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 12 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 20, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, p. 39, notes returned to Australia aboard Aurania arriving Brisbane 5 Jun 1902, discharged 12 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
NOK Mr. J HOWLETT, Crown Street, Maryborough, Qld.
Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also served in WW1, Driver S.N. 158, 11th Light Horse Regiment AIF.
When Thomas Howlett enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mr. J. Howlett, Crown St, Maryborough. When he enlisted again on 2 Jan 1915 for WW1 he noted on his Attestation Form that; he was 42 years old and single; he was a miner, his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. J. Howlett, Crown St, Maryborough; and that he previously served in the Boer War in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 510; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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