Edmund John HOWARD

Regimental number821
Place of birthBellerive, Tasmania
SchoolState School
ReligionCongregational
OccupationOrchardist
AddressSouth Street, Bellerive, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, E.J. Howard, South Street, Bellerive, Tasmania
Enlistment date30 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentTPR
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 29 January 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Unspecified


Killed in Action.
Recommendation date: 16 August 1916

FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingRomania
Age at death21.4
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 61), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edmund and Annie HOWARD. Native of Bellerive, Tasmania