| [Index] |
| Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917) |
| Tailors cutter, Sergeant |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917) | Francis (Frank) HOWES (1866 - 1931) | William HOWES | ||
| Mary MULLINS | ||||
| Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923) | Philip DONALDSON (1837 - ) | James DONALDSON | ||
| Jane RIDDLE | ||||
| Emma Louisa ELWORTHY (1841 - 1920) | George ELWORTHY (1813 - 1878) | |||
| Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854) |
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| Pic 2. This is immediately behind the 15th Battery position occupied for about one month from 10 August |
| b. abt May 1895 at Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 14 Aug 1917 at Ypres, Belgium aged 22 |
| Cause of Death: |
| Killed in Action |
| Parents: |
| Francis (Frank) HOWES (1866 - 1931) |
| Alice Mary DONALDSON (1870 - 1923) |
| Siblings (3): |
| Dorothy Donaldson HOWES (1892 - 1980) |
| Noel Donaldson HOWES (1897 - 1959) |
| Jeanette Donaldson HOWES (1900 - 1986) |
| Events in Jack Donaldson HOWES (1895 - 1917)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt May 1895 | Jack Donaldson HOWES was born | Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia | 28617/1895 | ||
| 31 Aug 1915 | 20 | Enlist AIF | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | Note 1 | |
| 01 Oct 1915 | 20 | Promoted to Sergeant | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 21 Jul 1917 | 22 | Will | estate to father | ||
| 14 Aug 1917 | 22 | Jack Donaldson HOWES died | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| abt 14 Aug 1917 | 22 | Burial | Larchwood, Zillebeke, Belgium | Note 2 | |
| Note 1: Town Hall, Parents consent attached, address: 'Dorojean', Cook Rd, Centenial Park |
| Note 2: Railway cutting cemetery Plot 1, Row J Grave 11 |
| Personal Notes: |
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The eldest son Jack born in 1895 at Sydney, enlisted in the Army in World War I and died at Ypres, Belgium in 1917. Always keeping up with family affairs, on 08 Aug 1917 the Gundagai Times reported: "Amongst the 'killed in action' appears the name Jack Howes, who will be remembered by Gundagai people as the young man who gave some fine flute music at a concert about 18 months ago. He was a cousin of the proprietor of this paper."
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/Scripts/Imagine.asp?B=6994818&I=1 HOWES Jack Donaldson : Service Number - 7526 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - National Park NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) HOWES Frank Jack Donaldson Howes Rank Serjt Service Number 7526 Unit 5th Brigade Australian Field Artillery Service Army Conflict 1914-1918 Date of Death 14 August 1917 Cause of Death Killed in action Cemetery or Memorial Details BELGIUM 132 Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery Zillebeke War Grave Register Notes HOWES, Serjt. Jack Donaldson, 7526. 5th Bde. Australian Field Artillery. Killed in action 14th Aug., 1917. Age 22. Son of Frank and Alice Howes, of Dorojean, Cook Rd., Centennial Park, New South Wales. Native of Woollahra. I. J. 11. Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army Sergeant Jack Howes served with the 15th Field Artillery Battery, 5th Field Artillery Brigade of the 2nd Division Artillery, I ANZAC. He had reached the 2nd Division in Egypt after its withdrawal from Gallipoli, sailing from Sydney on 18 November 1915. His Brigade reached France in late March 1916 moving up to the Western Front from Marseilles The 2nd Division entered the line on 7 April 1916 Between July & Nov 1916 the 2nd Division participated in the Battles of the Somme including bloody battle for Pozieres between 27 July & 6th August. CW Bean wrote of the battle for Pozieres and its Windmill “[this site] marks a ridge more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on earth” During 1917 before his death, the 2nd Division participated in the Battles of Bapaume, Bullecourt and Ypres (Passenchdale) Sergeant Jack Howes and the 15th Field Artillery Battery’s six 18 pounders were supporting the ongoing battle of Ypres as Haig continued to commit troops in the pointless pursuit of his original objectives. “From the August fighting the Australian infantry was so fortunate as to be spared but the detached artillery bore its share. That of the 2nd Division, whose new battery positions were north of Hill 60, now began to suffer severely, but the impact of the suffering had somewhat changed; in this morass of a battlefield…” Bean, CW The AIF in France 1917 p729 By 17 August the 15th Battery had suffered 35 casualties (or a third) according to its commander Major R F Manton including Sergeant Howes on 14 August 1917. |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 144 (Name, Notes) |