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Robert HOWARD

Regimental number3541
Place of birthDundrum County Tipperary, Ireland
Place of birthDundrum, Co. Tipperary, Ireland
SchoolDundrum National School, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia33
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStorekeeper
AddressBlackbutt, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Barbara S Howard, Blackbutt, Queensland
Previous military serviceSgt. Raffrorian Rifles, East London, Cape Colony
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularMarried with two children, Ivan Philip and Marion Louise.
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death40.9
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row F, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
172
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza HOWARD; husband of Barbara HOWARD, Blackbutt, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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