Gordon Harold HOWARD
Service Number: SX3555
Enlisted: 25 May 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Gunner
Born: Adelaide, SA, 6 May 1920
Home Town: Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Died: Died of Wounds, Egypt, 31 October 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Penneshaw Dudley District Hall Roll of Honour WW2, Penneshaw St Columba Anglican Church Howard Memorial Stained Glass Window, Penneshaw War Memorial
3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, SN SX3555
25 May 1940: Involvement Gunner, SN SX3555
25 May 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
Item details for: B883, SX3555
Item details for: A8231, 18/HOWARD GORDON HAROLD
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Descendants of :
David Percival HOWARD
Generation 1
1. David Percival HOWARD was born 06 Jul 1881 in Dalkey, SA and died 09 May 1961 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Violet HUTCHINSON 15 Sep 1920 in Snowtown, SA. She was born 04 Oct 1893 in Clinton, SA and died 09 Nov 1987 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA, daughter of Thomas Palmer HUTCHINSON and Mary Ann SHENTON.
Other events in the life of David Percival HOWARD
Burial: Penneshaw Cemetery, Kangaroo Island
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, Cuttlefish Bay, Kangaroo Island
Children of David Percival HOWARD and Violet HUTCHINSON:
i. Gordon Harold HOWARD was born 06 Jul 1921 in Adelaide, SA and died 31 Oct 1942 in Egypt
ii. Thomas David HOWARD was born 20 Jul 1923 in Bute, SA and died 30 Jun 2003 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA. He married Lola Joyce LITTLE 29 Jun 1946 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 07 Nov 1923 in Rose Park, SA and died 20 Jan 2013. Military: SX18713 2/6th Batt
iii. Valda June HOWARD was born ABT 1924 and died 25 Oct 2004. She married Norman Stuart WILLSON 29 Mar 1951 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 29 Oct 1922 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 23 Mar 1983, son of Lincoln WILLSON and Florence Augusta CLARK.
iv. Andrew Ernest HOWARD was born 27 Feb 1925 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 13 Apr 2015 in Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, SA
Last updated : 19 June 2021