Participant Info

Surname

Howes

First Name

William

Initial

H

Service Number

4138

Rank

private

Unit Served

17th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

October 25

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

March 8

Date of Death

1918

Month of Death

October 9

Death Category

KIA

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW Section S, notes page 103, image page 102

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

William J. and Margaret Howes

Parental Address

64 Redmond Street, Leichardt

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Torrington, New South Wales, June 18, 1888, educated Camperdown Public School, enlisted October 27, 1915, embarked March 8, 1916. War service: France (Somme, Bapaume, Pozieres, etc.), contracted trench feet, December 31, 1916, invalided to Kitchen