Regimental number | 60234 |
Place of birth | Nerang, Queensland |
School | Landsborough State School, Landsborough, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Motor driver |
Address | Goomeri, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, W H Howard, Roslyn, Coomeri, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | New South Wales Reinforcement 16 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/6 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th General Service Reinforcements |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died in a Military Hospital. |
Fate | Died at sea |
Place of death or wounding | Sierra Leone, Africa |
Age at death | 27 |
Place of burial | Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery (Row 4, Grave No. 180), West Africa |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 185 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Margaret HOWARD, Roslyn, Goomeri, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: James Colin Howard served in 11th Battery in France. |