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HOWARD, Bernard Wesley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 14729 |
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Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, West Maitland |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1897 |
Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Maitland High School, Newington College and the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Chemist's Apprentice - later Pharmicist |
Died: | Natural causes, Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1982, aged 84 years |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremated |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), West Maitland | |
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19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 14729, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
26 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Ambulance | |
7 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Field Ambulance | |
18 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Bullecourt (Second), On the night of 14th/15th May 1917, during an incessant storm of high explosive and gas shells in the vicinity of Noreuil, three men, 14729 Pte B.W. Howard, 7257 Pte W.R. Bowden, 7258 Pte A.D. Maggs, acting under the initiative of 6735 Lance Corporal A.J. Moore, proceeded to the rescue of two wounded men who were lying on the road. Despite the heavy shelling, they succeeded in adjusting the gas masks and dressing the wounds of the patients. They then carried the patients through the barrage to a place of safety. This gallant conduct, by all these men, undoubtedly saved the patients from gas poisoning or death from wounds. | |
4 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 14729, 8th Field Ambulance, HT Norman, England for return to Australia as nursing staff (dispenser) - disembarking Sydney 20 August 1919 | |
4 Jul 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 8th Field Ambulance | |
4 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 14729, 8th Field Ambulance |
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