Thomas Charles Howard

Personal Information
Date of Birth	Not known
Place of Birth	Ballarat, Victoria
Death	18 Oct 1980, aged 80
Place of Death	Attadale, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	18 yeras, 1 month
Description	5'8½" (1.74m) tall; weight 150 lbs (68 kg); fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair
Occupation	farmer
Religion	Church of England
Address	'Oakdale' farm, Kenwick, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father Mr Jason Howard
Military Information
Reg Number	155
Date of Enlistment	29 Jun 1917
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron, Sept (7th) Reinforcements / 1st Light Horse Brigade, ANZAC Mounted Division
Date of Embarkation	24 Nov 1917 - 21 Dec 1917
Ship Embarked On	SS Canberra
Date of Return	16 May 1919 - 27 Jun 1919
Ship Returned On	HMNZT Orari
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Kelmscott
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

Records indicate that while he received some of his training at Blackboy Hill camp, he was also at the Claremont and Karrakatta camps before embarking for Egypt. In the period before he left for overseas, he managed on nine occasions to be punished for minor misdemeanors - primarily avoidance of parades.

On arrival in Egypt he was sent to the reinforcements' training camp at Moascar for most of March and April 1918. Joined 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron on 27 Apr 1918 at Ghezireh where he was employed as Apprentice shoe smith from 7 Sep 1918 until 12 Feb 1919. In March and April 1919 he spent some time in hospital with Rubella. A month after his recovery it was time to head back to Australia.

Discharged 5th Military District 20 Jul 1919

Notes

Nothing on his army records to link him with the Kelmscott area, although it is on their memorial. However his name is not recorded on either the Gosnells or Canning Rolls of Honour.