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Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH (1882 - 1932)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Harold J HOWARTH (1904 - 1945)
Dorothy M HOWARTH (1905 - )
Jean HOWARTH (1907 - 1977)
George Maitland HOWARTH (1910 - 1972)
John H HOWARTH (1913 - 1928)
Ronald Frederick HOWARTH (1916 - 1942)
Kenneth F HOWARTH (1920 - )
Ruby Dulcie HOWARTH (1923 - 1971)
 Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH (1882 - 1932)

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Harriet Ellen WEBB (1884 - 1959)
 John HOWARTH (1849 - 1924) Shepherd (Shepard) HOWARTH (1817 - 1899) Shephard HOWARTH
Mary (HOWARTH)
Ann CRAWFORD (1820 - 1897)



Margaret Hobbs FALKINER (1850 - 1888) John FALKINER (1816 - 1894) Nathaniel FALKINER
Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH
Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (1819 - 1906) John HOBBS (1785 - 1847)
Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD (1795 - 1879)
b. 17 Oct 1882 at Elmore, Victoria, Australia
m. 29 Jun 1903 Harriet Ellen WEBB (1884 - 1959) at Sydney, NSW, Australia
d. 29 Apr 1932 at Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 49
Near Relatives of Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH (1882 - 1932)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Shepherd (Shepard) HOWARTH 1817 New Ross, Wexford, Ireland 15 Mar 1899 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 82
Grandmother Ann CRAWFORD 1820 Kilmoremoy, Mayo, Ireland 1897 79 George St, Sydney, NSW, Australia 77
Grandfather John FALKINER 1816 Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland 02 Jul 1894 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 78
Grandmother Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS abt 1819 Ireland 04 Feb 1906 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 87

Father John HOWARTH 23 Oct 1849 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 06 Mar 1924 Lismore, NSW, Australia 74
Mother Margaret Hobbs FALKINER 13 Feb 1850 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 14 Aug 1888 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 38

Self Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH 17 Oct 1882 Elmore, Victoria, Australia 29 Apr 1932 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 49

Wife Harriet Ellen WEBB 28 Jun 1884 Rangoon 19 May 1959 74

Son Harold J HOWARTH 11 Jul 1904 Mosman, NSW, Australia 06 May 1945 Randwick, NSW, Australia 40
Daughter Dorothy M HOWARTH 1905 Mosman, NSW, Australia
Daughter Jean HOWARTH 17 Nov 1907 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 21 Jun 1977 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 69
Son George Maitland HOWARTH 11 Nov 1910 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1972 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 62
Son John H HOWARTH 1913 Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 15
Son Ronald Frederick HOWARTH 21 Dec 1916 Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 10 Feb 1942 Missing in Singapore 25
Son Kenneth F HOWARTH 1920 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Y Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Daughter Ruby Dulcie HOWARTH 05 Jun 1923 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 03 Feb 1971 Box Hill, Victoria, Australia 47

Sister Florence Mary HOWARTH 19 Sep 1872 Maitland, NSW, Australia 26 Feb 1920 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 47
Sister Margaretta H Falkiner HOWARTH 19 Sep 1872 Maitland, NSW, Australia Aug 1909 Granville, NSW, Australia 36
Brother John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH 1874 Buninyong, Victoria, Australia 05 May 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey 41
Brother Robert Henry St Patrick HOWARTH 17 Mar 1877 Break O'Day, Vic, Australia 13 Aug 1956 Lakemba, NSW, Australia 79
Brother Horace Maitland StAlbans HOWARTH 10 Oct 1879 Mooroopna, Vic, Australia 22 Apr 1950 Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia 70
Sister Ruby Sybil Falkiner HOWARTH 1884 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Sister Ethel May HOWARTH 13 May 1886 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia 27 May 1886 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 0
Brother Cyril Reginald Falkiner HOWARTH 1887 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 20 Mar 1961 Homebush, NSW, Australia 74

Daughter in Law Ida Alice HOWELL
Son in Law George Doig MCEWAN

Grandson Gregory HOWARTH 1927 NSW, Australia 1939 Annandale, NSW, Australia 12
Grandson Robert Desmond HOWARTH 1929 Sydney, NSW, Australia 1979 Sydney, NSW, Australia 50

Uncle Robert HOWARTH 1931 Kogarah, NSW, Australia
Uncle Benjamin HOWARTH 1853 Alexandria, NSW, Australia 1855 NSW, Australia 2
Aunt Emily Anne HOWARTH 1855 Sydney, NSW, Australia
Uncle Robert AULD
Aunt Harriot Maria HOWARTH 1857 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 1939 Auburn, NSW, Australia 82
Uncle Unknown LONGE
Aunt Amy HOWARTH 1859 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 1937 Picton, NSW, Australia 78
Uncle Unknown PARKER
Aunt Jemima HOWARTH 1861 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 21 Apr 1891 Queensland, Australia 30
Uncle Unknown PETERSON
Aunt Mary Frances HOWARTH 1863 Chippendale, NSW, Australia 1922 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 59
Uncle Unknown RITCHIE
Aunt Infant FALKINER abt 1842
Uncle Robert FALKINER 1843 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 27 Jun 1922 Queensland, Australia 79
Aunt Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON 1846 New South Wales, Australia 1928 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 82
Aunt Jane FALKINER 10 Apr 1845 Maitland, NSW, Australia 07 Apr 1914 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 68
Uncle John ROURKE 1838 NSW, Australia 1916 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 78
Aunt Rebecca FALKINER 05 Sep 1846 Maitland, NSW, Australia 16 Jul 1921 Maitland, NSW, Australia 74
Uncle William BONE aft 1921
Aunt Mary Anne FALKINER 10 May 1848 NSW, Australia 16 Jan 1917 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 68
Uncle John Campbell MACDOUGALL 21 Jan 1846 Longbottom, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Sep 1889 Balmain, NSW, Australia 43
Uncle John Hobbs FALKINER 18 Jan 1851 Maitland, NSW, Australia 12 Dec 1862 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 11
Uncle Samuel FALKINER 1853 Maitland, NSW, Australia 19 Oct 1854 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1
Uncle Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER 06 Jul 1855 Maitland, NSW, Australia 28 Sep 1894 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 39
Aunt Maud Therese BITHREY
Aunt Female FALKINER 1857 Maitland, NSW, Australia
Aunt Fanny Maria FALKINER 21 Sep 1857 Maitland, NSW, Australia 17 Apr 1932 Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia 74
Uncle James Henry BRUNKER 1855 1916 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 61
Uncle Benjamin Ralph FALKINER 1860 Maitland, NSW, Australia 12 Apr 1896 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 36
Aunt Frances (Fanny) PILGRIM 1859 Paterson, NSW, Australia 31 Aug 1945 Mayfield, NSW, Australia 86
Aunt Ellen FALKINER 1862 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1892 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 30

Cousin Bessie Frances FALKINER 1958 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER 13 Nov 1868 Queensland, Australia 12 Apr 1928 Gosford, NSW, Australia 59
Cousin Mary Ellen FALKINER 04 Dec 1872 Queensland, Australia 1940 Queensland, Australia 68
Cousin Unnamed FALKINER 20 May 1874 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Robert Davenport FALKINER 1876 Queensland, Australia 11 Nov 1895 Cleveland, Queensland, Australia 19
Cousin Kingston Sydney FALKINER 1878 Queensland, Australia 1935 Wynnum, Queensland, Australia 57
Cousin Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER 09 Oct 1880 Queensland, Australia 1918 Queensland, Australia 38
Cousin Emma ROURKE 1865 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1866 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1
Cousin George ROURKE 02 Aug 1866 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1943 Mosman, NSW, Australia 77
Cousin Alice ROURKE 1867 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1942 Paterson, NSW, Australia 75
Cousin Jane ROURKE 1869 Maitland, NSW, Australia 08 Aug 1869 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Benjamin ROURKE 20 Jul 1870 Maitland, NSW, Australia 20 Jul 1924 Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 54
Cousin Harry (Henry) Marshall ROURKE 03 Jul 1872 Maitland, NSW, Australia 02 Apr 1953 Maitland, NSW, Australia 80
Cousin John Falkiner ROURKE 1874 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1950 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 76
Cousin Emma (Emily) ROURKE 1876 26 Sep 1927 Sydney, NSW, Australia 51
Cousin Unnamed ROURKE 1876 Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin Edith ROURKE 25 Nov 1878 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1956 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 78
Cousin Margaret ROURKE 1879 Maitland, NSW, Australia 31 May 1957 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 78
Cousin Jemima May ROURKE 1881 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 08 Aug 1968 Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia 87
Cousin Isabel ROURKE 24 Nov 1883 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1968 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 85
Cousin Arthur G ROURKE 1885 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1885 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Ruth Campbell MACDOUGALL
Cousin Mary Campbell MACDOUGALL 1875 Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Cousin Robert MACDOUGALL
Cousin Archibald Falkiner MACDOUGALL 1877 Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin Eric Campbell MACDOUGALL 1885 Duno, Victoria, Australia 1954 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 69
Cousin Darcy Frederick FALKINER 08 Jan 1891 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1935 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 44
Cousin John Hobbs FALKINER 1892 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 06 Oct 1961 Queensland, Australia 69
Cousin Margaret Maud FALKINER 27 Jan 1893 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 21 May 1893 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Frederick (Fred) FALKINER 1894 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1917 Ypres, Belgium 23
Cousin Dermott FALKINER 1897 Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Cousin Elsie May BRUNKER 1879 Maitland, NSW, Australia 1956 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 77
Cousin Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER 1882 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 12 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium 35
Cousin Arthur F BRUNKER 14 Feb 1885 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1935 Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia 50
Cousin Irene Weiss BRUNKER 25 Nov 1887 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1947 60
Cousin Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER 1889 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1956 Chatswood, NSW, Australia 67
Cousin Royden Falkiner BRUNKER 1891 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1914 Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia 23
Cousin Keith Eugene BRUNKER 1893 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1969 St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia 76
Cousin Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER 1894 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 21 Sep 1978 Dubbo, NSW, Australia 84
Cousin Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER 1897 West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Cousin Frederick FALKINER 21 Nov 1881 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 20 May 1945 Mayfield, NSW, Australia 63
Cousin John Hobbs FALKINER 20 May 1883 East Maitland, NSW, Australia 1957 Maitland, NSW, Australia 74
Cousin Margaret R FALKINER 03 Feb 1885 East Maitland, NSW, Australia 03 Feb 1885 East Maitland, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Benjamin R FALKINER 21 Oct 1887 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 13 Nov 1902 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 15
Cousin George R FALKINER 1889 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1889 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 0
Cousin Jeanie May FALKINER 1890 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1963 Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia 73
Cousin Nellie Pilgrim FALKINER 1892 West Maitland, NSW, Australia 1980 NSW, Australia 88

Nephew Victor James SCOTT 1897 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1962 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia 65
Niece Margaret Florence SCOTT 1899 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 05 Feb 1992 Lewis Family Tree - ancestry 93
Nephew Robert John SCOTT 1900 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1949 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 49
Nephew Lionel Sydney Vaughan SCOTT 1902 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1966 Yarra, Victoria, Australia 64
Nephew Albert Howarth SCOTT 1905 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 1967 Park, Victoria, Australia 62
Nephew Henry George Darlington (Ned) SCOTT 28 Dec 1906 Pennyweight, Victoria, Australia 26 May 1965 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia 58
Nephew James W MURRAY 1905 Newtown, NSW, Australia
Nephew Joseph Thomas MURRAY 1907 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1907 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 0
Nephew Thomas D MURRAY 1908 Liverpool, NSW, Australia 1909 Granville, NSW, Australia 1
Nephew Rupert Horace Maitland St Albans HOWARTH 1896 Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia 1970 Katoomba, NSW, Australia 74
Nephew Harold Duncan HOWARTH 1897 Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia 02 Feb 1960 Daceyville, NSW, Australia 63
Nephew John William HOWARTH May 1897 Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia 26 Jul 1916 Ovillers, Somme, France 19
Nephew Hector Herbert Edward HOWARTH 1904 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1966 Sydney, NSW, Australia 62
Nephew Clarence Raymond (Ken) HOWARTH 1907 Randwick, NSW, Australia 1975 NSW, Australia 68
Niece Daphne R HOWARTH 1908 Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1913 Randwick, NSW, Australia 5
Niece Maisie Roselea HOWARTH 1910 Randwick, NSW, Australia 05 Aug 1973 Tamworth, NSW, Australia 63
Nephew John HOWARTH 1903 Dubbo, NSW, Australia 1968 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 65
Niece Alice Margaret HOWARTH 1904 Dubbo, NSW, Australia
Niece Annie Thelma HOWARTH 1906 Manly, NSW, Australia
Niece Ethel Genevieve HOWARTH 1908 Brewarrina, NSW, Australia 1917 Murwillumbah, NSW, Australia 9
Niece Edith Beatrice HOWARTH 1917 Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Niece Daphne F M HOWARTH 26 Feb 1908 Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia 05 Jul 1980 Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, USA 72
Niece Mary M A WHITE 1904 West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew Henry O S WHITE 1905 Boorowa, NSW, Australia
Niece Madeline E WHITE 1907 Yass, NSW, Australia
Niece Violet L D H HOWARTH 1907 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1907 Ashfield, NSW, Australia 0
Nephew Thomas J R HOWARTH 1909 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Niece Catherine M HOWARTH 1910 Waterloo, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Brother in Law James SCOTT 14 Jul 1858 Pennyweight, Victoria, Australia 15 Dec 1924 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 66
Brother in Law Thomas MURRAY
Sister in Law Elizabeth MCLEOD abt 1874 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 1929 Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia 55
Sister in Law Bridget Mary JEFFERY 1879 Goulburn, NSW, Australia 31 Mar 1973 Calliope, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 94
Sister in Law Malvina Edith HANDS 1968 Newtown, NSW, Australia
Brother in Law Ernest WHITE
Sister in Law Violet L D HOLMES 1889 Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1906 Sydney, NSW, Australia 17
Sister in Law Theresa M SLAVIN
Events in Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH (1882 - 1932)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
17 Oct 1882 Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH was born Elmore, Victoria, Australia Note 1 52
14 Aug 1888 5 Death of mother Margaret Hobbs FALKINER (aged 38) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Note 2 52
29 Jun 1903 20 Married Harriet Ellen WEBB (aged 19) Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 3 17
11 Jul 1904 21 Birth of son Harold J HOWARTH Mosman, NSW, Australia Note 4 17
1905 23 Birth of daughter Dorothy M HOWARTH Mosman, NSW, Australia Note 5 17
17 Nov 1907 25 Birth of daughter Jean HOWARTH Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 6 17
11 Nov 1910 28 Birth of son George Maitland HOWARTH Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 7
1913 31 Birth of son John H HOWARTH Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note 8
1914 32 Military Service Lakemba, NSW, Australia Note 9 64
21 Dec 1916 34 Birth of son Ronald Frederick HOWARTH Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note 10
1920 38 Birth of son Kenneth F HOWARTH Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 11
05 Jun 1923 40 Birth of daughter Ruby Dulcie HOWARTH Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 12
06 Mar 1924 41 Death of father John HOWARTH (aged 74) Lismore, NSW, Australia Note 13 52, 60
1928 46 Death of son John H HOWARTH (aged 15) Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 14 17
29 Apr 1932 49 Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH died Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 15 17
Death of daughter Dorothy M HOWARTH Note 16
Y Death of son Kenneth F HOWARTH Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia Note 17
Note 1: Reg No 22641/1882 - John Howarth and Margaretta Falkiner
date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 2: Reg No 8361/1888 - age 38 - John Faulkiner and Margaret Hobbs
GR - Lois Curtain tree - Margaret is buried in an unmarked grave at Ballarat with her infant daughter Ethel May
Note 3: Reg No 4977/1903
date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 4: Reg No 14267/1904
date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 5: Reg No 35406/1905
date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 6: Reg No 38715/1907
date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 7: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 8: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 9: Harold HOWARTH

Regimental number 13
Religion Church of England
Occupation Mechanic
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 31
Next of kin Mrs H Howarth, Wyles Avenue, Lakemba, New South Wales
Enlistment date 19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment SGL CPL
Unit name 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/6/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Light Horse Regiment
Fate Returned to Australia 19 January 1916
Note 10: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 11: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 12: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Note 13: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about John Howarth
Name: John Howarth
Death Date: 1924
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Shepherd
Mother's Name: Ann
Registration Year: 1924
Registration Place: Lismore, New South Wales
Registration Number: 2552

Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 7 March 1924
NEW SOUTH WILES.
SUICIDE AT LISMORE
Lismore, Friday. - John Howarth, an insurance agent, aged 73, was discovered dead in the bathroom at the Freemasons' Hotel at Lismore yesterday. The coroner returned a finding of suicide.

The Advertiser (Adelaide) 7 March 1924
A WAR VETERAN'S SUICIDE
Sydney, March 6. A veteran of the South African war, John Howarth (73), was found dead to day in a bath at Lismore with his throat and each wrist cut. The coroner returned a verdict of suicide.
Note 14: Reg No 12404/1928 HOWARTH JOHN H HAROLD F B S HARRIETT WAGGA WAGGA
Note 15: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Reg No 5674/1932 HOWARTH HAROLD F JOHN MARGARET REDFERN
Note 16: 1964, Melbourne - date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry

21/6/1977 - Wagga Wagga - Howarth Family tree - ancestry
Note 17: date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry
Personal Notes:
Sydney Morning Herald 12 Oct 1916
WAR CASUALTIES - KILLED
PRIVATE J. W. HOWARTH.
Private John William Howarth, third son of the late J. S. Howarth, who was killed In the landing at Gallipoli, and Mrs. Howarth, late of Randwick, has been killed In France. An elder brother is In H.M.S. Psyche, and another brother is in camp waiting to embark. This family had father and three sons in Africa, and four were at the Dardanelles. John was killed, Horace lost his left arm and eye, Harold was wounded at Lone Pine, and Cyril was invalided home after an attack of typhus.

Thurday 31 August 1916 , Page 25 of the Bendigonian Newspaper, Bendigo, Victoria
THE HOWARTH FAMILY.
Mr. John Howarth, head of the now well known Howarth family, which has such a splendid record in the doings of the present war, was born a soldier in the Victoria Barracks, Sydney, his father being one of the llth Regiment (now known as the Devons), who were stationed there at the time. He worked himself up in the militia forces until he became quarter-master-sergeant. When the Boer war broke out he was one of the first Australians to volunteer, and served in South Africa for 14 months. Three of his sons followed him to the South African war, and at the close returned to Australia. At the outbreak of the present war, when the Expeditionary Forces were called for, Quartermaster-Sergeant Howarth, who is now an officer of the Commonwealth Electoral department, again offered his services, but being over the age, had to stand aside. His four sons; however, all married men with families, went to Egypt with various contingents, and all took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, the eldest, Sergeant J. S. Howarth, being killed in action by machine gun fire. The second son, Trooper Horace Howarth, was one of the Light Horse that fought as foot soldiers at Gallipoli. After being in the trenches for nine weeks, he had the misfortune to lose his left arm and the sight of his left eye; which occurred as follows:- One day in the trenches a Turkish shell (an 18-pounder) fell near him and his mates without exploding. He rushed forward to cast it away out of danger, but just as he was in the act of picking it up it burst, shattering his left arm. He was taken to Malta, where the arm had to be amputated just below the elbow. A bullet also entered his head and lodged behind the left eye, where it remained for five weeks, until the eye had to be removed, and the bullet extracted. Trooper Howarth now wears the extracted bullet on his watch chain. He went to Sydney on his return to have an artificial arm fitted. The third son, Private Harold Howarth, was ,wounded in the right hand by a bomb at the Lone Pine action, and has returned home. 'The fourth son, Private Cyril Howarth, who also took part in the memorable landing, has been invalided home through a bad attack of fever. He having recuperated at Castlemaine, is about to return to the front again.
Mrs. James Scott, of Castlemaine, is a sister of the Howarth brothers, and her son, James, 18 years old, who was employed in the engineering department at Thompson's foundry, is now on his way to the front. Mrs. Scott has also five nephews in the firing line, while the deceased Sergeant J. S. Howarth's eldest son is now with the Australian fleet in the North Sea. The above is a first-class record for one family.
Source References:
17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Reg No 4977/1903
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Reg No 5674/1932 HOWARTH HAROLD F JOHN MARGARET REDFERN
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Reg No 22641/1882 - John Howarth and Margaretta Falkiner
64. Type: Web Page, Abbr: AIF Project, Title: AIF Project, Auth: Australian Defence Forces http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au
- Reference = (Military Service)
- Notes: Harold HOWARTH

Regimental number 13
Religion Church of England
Occupation Mechanic
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 31
Next of kin Mrs H Howarth, Wyles Avenue, Lakemba, New South Wales
Enlistment date 19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment SGL CPL
Unit name 1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number 10/6/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Light Horse Regiment
Fate Returned to Australia 19 January 1916
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