HOWARD, Leslie Joseph
Service Number: | 833 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Nubba, NSW, 1889 |
Home Town: | Harden, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Public School |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 833, 1st Divisional Train, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 833, 1st Divisional Train, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
17 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 833, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 833 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George and Augusta HOWARD, 19 Railway Cottage, Harden, New South Wales.
Gunner LESLIE HOWARD, son of Mrs. A. Howard, of Harden, New South Wales, was killed in France on October 17. He sailed from Adelaide October 19, 1914, for Egypt, with the 4th Div. Train. A.A.S.C. Thence he was transferred to the 11th Field Artillery Brigade in France. Two of his brothers are serving in France and one in Egypt.