Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Edmund John Howard
Edmund John Howard's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Edmund John Howard
Service number: 821
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: HOWARD, Tpr. Edmund John, 821. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 27. Son of Edmund John and Annie Howard. Native of Bellerive, Tasmania. B. 61.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Edmund John Howard from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 821 |
| Place of birth | Bellerive, Tasmania |
| School | State School |
| Religion | Congregational |
| Occupation | Orchardist |
| Address | South Street, Bellerive, Tasmania |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Next of kin | Father, E.J. Howard, South Street, Bellerive, Tasmania |
| Enlistment date | 30 November 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | TPR |
| Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 29 January 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) | Unspecified Killed in Action. Recommendation date: 16 August 1916 |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romania |
| Age at death | 21.4 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 61), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edmund and Annie HOWARD. Native of Bellerive, Tasman |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Edmund John Howard
