| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Korumburra, Victoria |
| School | Nott Street State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Address | 62 Lang Street, South Yarra, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Height | 6' 0.5" |
| Weight | 182 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E J Howard, 62 Lang Street, South Yarra, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served for 2 years in the 5th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces. |
| Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 7th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 9th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | New Irish Farm Cemetery (Plot XXXI, Row F, Grave No. 17), St. Jean-Les-Ypres, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 167 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward adn Elizabeth HOWARD, 502 Punt Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Korrumburra, Victoria |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to join 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916. Absored on strength, 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 10 April 1916. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 16 May 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin), and transferred same day to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station (diarrhoea); discharged to and rejoined unit, 25 May 1916. Appointed Lieutenant, 1 June 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 1380101: 'No trace Germany. Cert by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.' Statement, 3022 Pte [Signaller] C.F.L. CALLANAN, 59th Bn, 17 December 1916: 'I knew every officer in the battalion, it was our business to know them, and there was only one officer Howard, and he was H.C. (informant showed me the signature in his paybook)[.] Some of them believe that they saw him come in with a wounded hand and that he was not seen again. He seems to have been hit as soon as he went over the parapet. Report that he was in Southall Hospital 'with his hand blown off by a bomb' proved groundless when a telephone call to the hospital, 20 April 1917, established he had never been in the hospital. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | See 225 Hubert Charles HOWARD for first period of service. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, HOWARD Hubert Charles
Red Cross file 1380101 |
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