Cyril Drummond HOWES

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Service Number:	30197
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
Memorials:

5 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 30197, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
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, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Promoted to Sergeant when taken on strength
10 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF)
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

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