Colin William Howse

Abt 1919 - 1944  (~ 25 years)

• Name	Colin William Howse  [1]
  Born	Abt 1919	Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	19 May 1919	Mildura, Victoria, Australia   [2]
  Service	Between 1939 and 1944
  	Private Australian Infantry A I F 2/21 Battallion. POW/against Japan
  Service	17 Feb 1941	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  	Enlisted
  Service	1944
  	Australian Infantry Force, 2/21 Bn
  Service No.	1944  [3]
  	VX39752
  Death	15 Sep 1944	Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia   [4]
  Name	Colin W Howse  [4]
  Died	15 Sep 1944	Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia   [1]
  	Age: 25y
  	Cause: illness while Japanese Prisoner of War
  Buried	Abt 16 Sep 1944	War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia   [1]
  Notes	Many thanks to Doreen Lewis for the following information from The Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, 19 Sep 1945: HOWSE. -On September 15, 1944, VX39752, Colin W., died of illness, P.O.W., Ambon, dearly loved nephew of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. L. Harris, loved cousin of Clem (R.A.N.) and Graeme (deceased, Commercial st., Merbein). -Always remembered. HOWSE. -On September 15, 1944, Colin W., died of illness while P.O.W., Ambon, dearly loved nephew of Miss A. Clements, 14 Grey st., Wangaratta. HOWSE. -Died of illness while P.O.W., Ambon, VX39752, Colin W., dearly loved nephew of Mr. and Mrs. R. Manley, Binney st., Euroa, loved cousin of Leigh, Elizabeth, and Margaret
  Person ID	I59202	ONS
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2014

  
  

  Father	Roderick McKenzie Howse,   b. Abt 1883, Yan Yean, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1960, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Florence Isabel Clements,   b. Abt 1887, Tarrawingee, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1981, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 94 years)
  Married	1913	Victoria, Australia   [2, 5]
  Family ID	F17874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1919 - Victoria, Australia Service - Enlisted - 17 Feb 1941 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S611] Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, www.cwgc.org. [S9] ancestry.com tree. [S611] Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. [S442] The Argus, Melbourne. [S961] Australia Marriage Index, www.ancestry.com.