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HOWES, Lindsay Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1168 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Motor Transport Company |
| Born: | St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia, 17 October 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 19 October 1978. Ashes were scattered. Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1168, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Division Supply Column | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Division Supply Column | |
| 12 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Motor Transport Company, In France | |
| 7 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 1168, 1st Motor Transport Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alxander Charles Howes and Flora Howes nee Darcy of Belford Street, St. Kilda, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Lindsay married Minnie Elvie Jones in Victoria