Lance Corporal Robert Howard

4^th Australian Infantry Battalion

 

Service Number:                          565

Place of Enlistment:                    Sydney

Age of Enlistment:                      38 Years, 3 months

Date of Enlistment:                     25^th of August 1916

Embarked:                                   Sydney, 20^th of September 1914

Transport Ship:                           A14 HMAT Euripides

Medals Awarded:                       1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Place of Death:                          Wounded in Action Gallipoli (Gunshot Wound to Shoulder) 1^st of May 1915

                                                    Killed In Action Gallipoli, Battle of Lone Pine 6^th-9^th of August 1915

Resting Place:                           Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial 21, Gallipoli, Turkey

Unit Badge:                                4^th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF

 

Additional Information:

Lance Corporal Robert Howard was killed at the battle of Lone Pine on the 6^th of August 1915. The assault on Lone Pine was carried out by the Australian 1st Brigade (which included the 4th Battalion) as part of the wider August offensive to try and break out of the Gallipoli beachheads. Although considered a success against very determined opposition, the battle decimated the 1st Brigade with total Australian casualties from the six battalions involved amounting to 2277 officers and men.