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Herbert Gladstone HOWLETT

Regimental number1143
Place of birthScarborough, England
SchoolBourke Street Public School,
Age on arrival in Australia10
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationUpholsterer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinBrother, Frank Howlett, 209 Karangalape Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 October 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll9 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1199
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 April 1915
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave 12), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
29
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Mary Ann HOWLETT
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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