Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Thomas Spencer Howard
Thomas Spencer Howard's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Thomas Spencer Howard
Rank: Lieutenant [Lt]
Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 7 August 1915
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
War Grave Register notes: HOWARD, Lt. Thomas Spencer. 8th Light Horse Regt. Killed in action 7th Aug., 1915. Son of George Thomas Howard, M.D., and Matilda Howard, of 4, Collins St., Melbourne. 5.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Thomas Spencer Howard from The AIF Project:
| Place of birth | North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
| School | Carlton College, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Grain salesman |
| Address | Corner of Pigdon and Wilson Streets, North Carlton, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Next of kin | Father, Dr G Howard, corner of Pigdon and Wilson Streets, North Carlton, Victoria |
| Previous military service | 29th Light Horse; Lieut of 29th Light Horse (Victorian) before the war. |
| Enlistment date | 1 January 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A16 Star of Victoria on 25 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | 8th and 10th Light Horse, 7th August, 1915. |
| Fate | Killed in Action 7 August 1915 |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Age at death | 25 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George and Matilda HOWARD, 4 Collins Street, Melbourne |
| Family/military connections | Cousin: Lindsay Bailey, killed at Passchendaele, Belgium in 1917 |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
29th (Port Phillip) Australian Light Horse
Citation: 8th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Thomas Spencer Howard
