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Abt 1919 - 1944 (~ 25 years)
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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
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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 |
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Event Map |
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| Born - Abt 1919 - Victoria, Australia |
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| Service - Enlisted - 17 Feb 1941 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Pin Legend |
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: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set |
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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.
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