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Lachlan John HOWDEN

Regimental number876
Date of birth28 January 1893
Place of birthTungamah, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTungamah, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinJohn Howden, Tungamah, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTungamah, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
FateReturned to Australia 22 February 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date13 May 1917
Family/military connectionsBrother: 394 Pte William Henry HOWDEN, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916.

Wounded in action, 20 June 1916 (gun shot wounjd, right shoulder), and admitted to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 4th General Hospital, Camiers, 23 June 1916 (dangerously ill); to England, 11 July 1916, and admitted to 2nd Southern General Hospital, Bristol, 12 July 1916; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 29 August 1916; to 2nd Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 3 September 1916; to Queen Mary Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton, 29 October 1916; discharged on furlough, 18 January 1917, to report back to hospital, 2 February 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Avonmouth on board HS 'Karoola', 22 February 1917 (for discharge: amputated right foot); disembarked Melbourne, 10 April 1917; discharged (medically unfit), Melbourne, 13 May 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 October 1975
SourcesNAA: B2455, HOWDEN Lachlan John

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