It is likely that Howell was born in England.
Messrs Howell and Jupp, two Englishmen who have been working in different parts of the Island, left on Thursday last to enlist. Being successful they returned on Saturday and leave again to-morrow to enter camp.
DISTRICT OF DUDLEY. (1916, September 30). The Kangaroo Island Courier (Kingscote, SA : 1907 - 1951), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189504766
W Howell from South Australia (born in London).
William Arthur HOWELL
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