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Ray Septimus HOWARD

Regimental number3556
Place of birthEchuca, Victoria
SchoolEchuca State School, Echuca, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationDraper
AddressAnzac, Walker Street, North Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Howard c/o Miss T H Birch, Anzac, Walker Street, North Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Forces
Enlistment date12 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name22nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row A, Grave No. 3), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Emma HOWARD; husband of Mary HOWARD, Margaret Street, North Geelong, Victoria. Native of Echuca, victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Sgt. Frank Howard. Killed on Gallipoli, mentioned in despatches.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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