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| John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH (1874 - 1915) |
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Pic P1. Copied from Ancestry - Curtis family tree Pic 1. Copied from Ancestry - Curtis family tree Pic 2. Enlistment No 17081914 |
| b. 1874 at Buninyong, Victoria, Australia |
| m. 05 Jul 1895 Elizabeth MCLEOD (1874 - 1929) at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| d. 05 May 1915 at Gallipoli, Turkey aged 41 |
| Near Relatives of John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH (1874 - 1915) | ||||||
| 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 in Law | Charles Duncan MCLEOD | |||||
| Mother in Law | Eliza NICHOLS | |||||
| 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 | John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH | 1874 | Buninyong, Victoria, Australia | 05 May 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey | 41 |
| Wife | Elizabeth MCLEOD | abt 1874 | Collingwood, Victoria, Australia | 1929 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 55 |
| Son | Rupert Horace Maitland St Albans HOWARTH | 1896 | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | 1970 | Katoomba, NSW, Australia | 74 |
| Son | Harold Duncan HOWARTH | 1897 | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | 02 Feb 1960 | Daceyville, NSW, Australia | 63 |
| Son | John William HOWARTH | May 1897 | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | 26 Jul 1916 | Ovillers, Somme, France | 19 |
| Son | Hector Herbert Edward HOWARTH | 1904 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1966 | Sydney, NSW, Australia | 62 |
| Son | Clarence Raymond (Ken) HOWARTH | 1907 | Randwick, NSW, Australia | 1975 | NSW, Australia | 68 |
| Daughter | Daphne R HOWARTH | 1908 | Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1913 | Randwick, NSW, Australia | 5 |
| Daughter | Maisie Roselea HOWARTH | 1910 | Randwick, NSW, Australia | 05 Aug 1973 | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | 63 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Brother | Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH | 17 Oct 1882 | Elmore, Victoria, Australia | 29 Apr 1932 | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 49 |
| 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 | Irene L URQUHART | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Ellen DICKINSON | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Lucy Agnes VAIL | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Kathleen BARTLETT | 1910 | Richmond, New South Wales, Australia | 1999 | Clovelly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 89 |
| Son in Law | Harold James CURTIS | 1909 | Cessnock, NSW, Australia | 03 Mar 1990 | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | 81 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Nephew | Harold J HOWARTH | 11 Jul 1904 | Mosman, NSW, Australia | 06 May 1945 | Randwick, NSW, Australia | 40 |
| Niece | Dorothy M HOWARTH | 1905 | Mosman, NSW, Australia | |||
| Niece | Jean HOWARTH | 17 Nov 1907 | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 21 Jun 1977 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 69 |
| Nephew | George Maitland HOWARTH | 11 Nov 1910 | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 1972 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 62 |
| Nephew | John H HOWARTH | 1913 | Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1928 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 15 |
| Nephew | Ronald Frederick HOWARTH | 21 Dec 1916 | Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 10 Feb 1942 | Missing in Singapore | 25 |
| Nephew | Kenneth F HOWARTH | 1920 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | Y | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | |
| Niece | Ruby Dulcie HOWARTH | 05 Jun 1923 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 03 Feb 1971 | Box Hill, Victoria, Australia | 47 |
| 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 | 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 | |||
| Sister in Law | Harriet Ellen WEBB | 28 Jun 1884 | Rangoon | 19 May 1959 | 74 | |
| 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 John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH (1874 - 1915)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1874 | John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH was born | Buninyong, Victoria, Australia | Note 1 | 52 | |
| 14 Aug 1888 | 14 | Death of mother Margaret Hobbs FALKINER (aged 38) | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia | Note 2 | 52 |
| 05 Jul 1895 | 21 | Married Elizabeth MCLEOD (aged 21) | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Note 3 | 8, 52 |
| 1896 | 22 | Birth of son Rupert Horace Maitland St Albans HOWARTH | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | Note 4 | 52 |
| 1897 | 23 | Birth of son Harold Duncan HOWARTH | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | Note 5 | 52 |
| May 1897 | 23 | Birth of son John William HOWARTH | Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia | Note 6 | 52 |
| 1904 | 30 | Birth of son Hector Herbert Edward HOWARTH | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 7 | 52 |
| 1907 | 33 | Birth of son Clarence Raymond (Ken) HOWARTH | Randwick, NSW, Australia | Note 8 | 52 |
| 1908 | 34 | Birth of daughter Daphne R HOWARTH | Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 9 | |
| 1910 | 36 | Birth of daughter Maisie Roselea HOWARTH | Randwick, NSW, Australia | Note 10 | 17 |
| 1913 | 39 | Death of daughter Daphne R HOWARTH (aged 5) | Randwick, NSW, Australia | Note 11 | 17 |
| 14 Aug 1914 | 40 | Residence | Fern St, Randwick, NSW, Austrlaia | from enlistment papers | |
| 05 May 1915 | 41 | John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH died | Gallipoli, Turkey | Note 12 | 60, 64 |
| Personal Notes: |
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Curtain Family Tree - ancestry
MARRIAGE CERT Elizabeth McLeod, Spinster, Occupation: none, Age:21, Birthplace: Collingwood, Residence: Queenscliffe, Parents: Father Charles Duncan McLeod, Mother Eliza Nicholls. Fathers occupation Lighthouse Keeper Marrying John Shepherd Howarth, Bachelor Occupation: Soldier, Age:21, Birthplace: Yendon. Residence: Portsea. Parents: John Howarth and Margaret Falconer. Fathers Occupation: Agent Sydney Morning Herald 5 June 1915 HOWARTH--Killed in action at the Dardanelles May 22, John Falkiner Shepherd Howarth, the be loved husband of Elizabeth Howarth, and eldest son of John Howarth, Fern-street, Randwick, aged 40 years. "He died for others." Sydney Morning Herald 12 July 1915 MEN OF THE DARDANELLES SERGEANT HOWARTH. Sergeant John Falkiner S. Howarth, killed in action, was the eldest son of Mr. John Howarth, Fern-street, Randwlck, and was a native of Victoria, 39 years of age. He was a member of the Victorian Garrison for 10 years, and removed to New South Wales In 1899 shortly after enlisting for the South African Contingent 1st A.M.C. Corps, under Surgeon General Williams. On his return he was engaged in the railway service and attached to the Randwick tram works. In 1903 he was selected by the. O.C. Commanding the New South Wales Garrison Artillery as one of the representatives for the late King Edward's Coronation ceremonies. He has left a widow and six children. His eldest son belongs to the Commonwealth Navy, and at present is attached to H.M.S. Psyche. 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. Curtain FAmily Tree - ancestry Story of her reaction to hearing the news of the death of husband and son According to Maisie, Elizabeths daughter when she received the news that her Husband and Son had both been killed in the War, She went death overnight from shock! She died in bed which she shared with her daughter Maisie, it was Maisie who found her she was 16 yrs at the time |
| Source References: |
| 8. Type: Marriage Certificate, Abbr: Marriage Certificate, Title: Marriage Certificate |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Marriage cert
July 5th 1895 - Melbourne John Shepperd Howarth - Bachelor - born Yendon - soldier - age 21 - living at Portsea - parents John Howarth (agent) and Margaret Falconer Elizabeth McLeod - spinster - born Collingwood- age 21 - living at Queenscliffe - parents Charles Duncan McLeod (light house keeper) and Eliza Nichols Witnesses - Cornelius Kinsella (?) and Charles Bacon |
| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Reference = (Birth) |
| 60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| - Notes: 'Sydney Morning Herald' - 12 July 1915
SERGEANT HOWARTH. Sergeant John Falkiner S. Howarth, killed in action, was the eldest son of Mr. John Howarth, Fern-street, Randwlck, and was a native of Victoria, 39 years of age. He was a member of the Victorian Garrison for 10 years, and removed to New South Wales In 1899 shortly after enlisting for the South African Contingent 1st A.M.C. Corps, under Surgeon General Williams. On his return he was engaged in the railway service and attached to the Randwick tram works. In 1903 he was selected by the. O.C. Commanding the New South Wales Garrison Artillery as one of the representatives for the late King Edward's Coronation ceremonies. He has left a widow and six children. His eldest son belongs to the Commonwealth Navy, and at present is attached to H.M.S. Psyche. |
| 64. Type: Web Page, Abbr: AIF Project, Title: AIF Project, Auth: Australian Defence Forces http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| - Notes: John HOWARTH
Regimental number 142 Religion Presbyterian Occupation Labourer Address Fern Street, Randwick, New South Wales Marital status Married Age at embarkation 39 Next of kin Wife, Mrs Eliz Howarth, Fern Street, Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales Enlistment date 17 August 1914 Rank on enlistment Sergeant Unit name 4th Battalion, E Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/21/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914 Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 4th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 5 May 1915 Date of death 5 May 1915 Place of burial Beach Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. I), Gallipoli, Turkey Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 40 |
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