John Alexander HOWARD

1893 - 1916  (22 years)

• Name	John Alexander HOWARD
  Birth	15 Aug 1893	, Araluen, New South Wales, Australia
  Gender	Male
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  Death	10 May 1916	, , Nord, France
  Burial	, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
  Person ID	I25	FHC027 - Berry Tree
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	John HOWARD,   b. 3 Dec 1871, Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia d. 15 Nov 1895, , Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia (Age 23 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Mother	Alena Jessie MCKENZIE,   b. 3 Feb 1871, , Mitta Mitta, New South Wales, Australia d. 11 Dec 1933, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Marriage	2 May 1893	, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Aug 1893 - , Araluen, New South Wales, Australia Death - 10 May 1916 - , , Nord, France Burial - - , Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Roll of Honour BEGBIE-HOWARD In sad but loving memory of our dear sons and brothers Private D S Begbie, 20th Battalion, died of wounds in France April 28, 1918, also Sergeant J A Howard (Anzac) 20th Battalion died of wounds, France, May 10, 1916. Thy will be done. Inserted by their loving father, mother, sisters and brothers. Newcastle Morning Herald April 1920 and April 1924 Bailleul is a large town in France, near the Belgian border, 14.5 kilometres south-west of Ieper and on the main road from St. Omer to Lille. From the Grand Place, take the Ieper road and 400 metres along this road is a sign indicating the direction of the cemetery. Turn right into a small road and follow for approximately 400 metres. The cemetery is on the right and the Communal Cemetery Extension is at the bottom end. Bailleul was occupied on 14 October 1914 by the 19th Brigade and the 4th Division. It became an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre, with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 53rd, 1st Canadian and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations quartered in it for considerable periods. It was a corps headquarters until July 1917, when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul (13-15 April 1918), it fell into German hands and was not retaken until 30 August 1918. The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields. BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY contains 610 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 17 of the graves were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION contains 4,403 Commonwealth burials of the First World War; 11 of the graves made in April 1918 were destroyed by shell fire and are represented by special memorials. There are also 17 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and 154 German burials from both wars. Both the Commonwealth plot in the communal cemetery and the extension were designed by Sir Herbert Baker. 4343 identified casualties Information recorded by Joyce Ethel Gordon 17 April 1977 John A Howard was a school teacher and apparently doing quite well when war broke out. He went to Europe and was in Gallipoli, from there he went to France and died there of wounds received in battle.