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HOWELL-PRICE, John

Personal Details

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	24 March 1915, Was an temporary Sub-Lieutenant
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Attached Royal Navy
Born:	St Alban's Parsonage, Five Dock, Sydney New South Wales, 16 September 1886
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Hypertensive cerebro-vascular disease, Liverpool, England, 13 November 1937, aged 51 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Municipality Of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 1

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Service History

World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1915:	Enlisted Sub Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Was an temporary Sub-Lieutenant
29 Feb 1916:	Honoured Distinguished Service Cross, Was serving as an acting lieutenant in the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Alcantara when she met the German raider S.M.S. Greif in the North Sea on 29 February 1916. After a fierce fight both ships were sunk, the survivors nearly freezing to death in open boats before they were rescued. For his part in the engagement John was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
23 Apr 1918:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Transferred to submarine service and was promoted temporary lieutenant, R.N.R., on 24 July 1917. He was second-in-command and navigator of the old British submarine C3 which, filled with explosives, was blown up at Zeebrugge, Belgium, on the night of 22-23 April 1918. The commander of the submarine was awarded the Victoria Cross and John Howell-Price the Distinguished Service Order.

World War 2 Service

25 Mar 1919:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant

World War 1 Service

22 Jun 1921:	Discharged Lieutenant Commander, Officer, Attached Royal Navy

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1921:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant

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• Dictionary of Biography - O. G. Howell-Price DSO, MC
• Howell-Price brothers article
• WW1 Service Record

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