Arthur Howell
Arthur Gilbert Howell (1894-1949) was a Western Australian public servant and soldier known for his receipt of the Military Medal for excellent services as a dispatch runner at Pozières in the First World War. He lived in Fremantle, Western Australia.
He was born in Bayswater, Western Australia in 1894 to Thomas John Howell and Clara Ellen Howell (née Birch). They later moved to 218 Mary Street (now part of Solomon Street) in Fremantle.
Howell served in the Australian Artillery as a gunner in Field Artillery Brigade 2 (Reinforcement 14). He departed Australia aged 22 on 28 January 1916 from Melbourne on HMAT A32 Themistocles, and was discharged in September 1918.
After the war he returned to his prior employment with Fremantle Municipal Tramways, and later served as Assistant Town Clerk for the North Fremantle Council for more than 13 years. and they had four children.
In the Second World War he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps (from 1942) and the Australian Army (from 1943
In the early 2000s a street, Howell Vista, was named after him in Beaconsfield, Western Australia.
He was born in Bayswater, Western Australia in 1894 to Thomas John Howell and Clara Ellen Howell (née Birch). They later moved to 218 Mary Street (now part of Solomon Street) in Fremantle.
Howell served in the Australian Artillery as a gunner in Field Artillery Brigade 2 (Reinforcement 14). He departed Australia aged 22 on 28 January 1916 from Melbourne on HMAT A32 Themistocles, and was discharged in September 1918.
After the war he returned to his prior employment with Fremantle Municipal Tramways, and later served as Assistant Town Clerk for the North Fremantle Council for more than 13 years. and they had four children.
In the Second World War he served in the Volunteer Defence Corps (from 1942) and the Australian Army (from 1943
In the early 2000s a street, Howell Vista, was named after him in Beaconsfield, Western Australia.
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