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HOWES, Cyril Drummond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 30197 |
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Enlisted: | 5 September 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1883 |
Home Town: | Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Accountant |
Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30197, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 30197, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 30197, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
17 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, AIF Headquarters | |
1 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
26 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
11 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, AIF Headquarters, Promoted to Sergeant when taken on strength | |
10 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, AIF Headquarters | |
31 Mar 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , With temporary rank of Warrant Officer | |
24 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 30197, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Howes and Ethel Henrietta Howes of Rose Bay, Sydney, NSW
Husband of Madeline Mary Howes nee Cleary of Beresford Road, Rose Bay, NSW. Cyril and Madeline married during 1916c in Woollahra, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 16 May 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal