HOWELL-PRICE, Frederick Philmore
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Train |
| Born: | Kiama, New South Wales, 11 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Windsor Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 22 April 1978, aged 89 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Municipality Of Waterloo Roll of Service No. 1 |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Marrickville, New South Wales | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney | |
| 1 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train | |
| 25 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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"Frederick was born on 11 June 1888 at Kiama, New South Wales, and was educated at Windsor Grammar School. He was employed as a bank clerk with the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney until 17 September 1914 when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a driver in the 6th Company, Australian Army Service Corps. On 16 December he was promoted second lieutenant and five days later sailed from Sydney with the 2nd Light Horse Divisional Train. He served at Gallipoli from September to December 1915, was promoted lieutenant in November, and on 23 March 1916, after his company had been disbanded, was appointed adjutant of the Anzac Mounted Divisional Train in Egypt. In July he was promoted captain, A.A.S.C., and appointed supply officer to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade. He was later supply officer of the 4th Light Horse Brigade, senior supply officer of the Australian Mounted Division, deputy assistant director of supply and transport to the Desert Mounted Corps, acting commander of the Anzac Mounted Divisional Train and acting assistant director of supply and transport in the Mounted Corps. He served during the Romani, Beersheba, Jericho Valley and Syrian operations, was promoted major on 1 November 1917, awarded the D.S.O. and twice mentioned in dispatches. In 1919 he rejoined the Commercial Banking Co. for a few months, then became an accountant with a rubber company in Sumatra. He retired in 1941 and returned to Australia. During World War II he undertook war-work for the division of import procurement, Department of Trade and Customs, and in 1946-68 was accountant for the Metropolitan Burial & Cremation Society in Sydney. He had married Mabel Constance Beer on 24 July 1919 at St Jude's Anglican Church, Randwick; they had two sons and a daughter. He died on 22 April 1978 and was cremated with Anglican rites." - SOURCE (adb.anu.edu.au)
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