HOWARD, Edgar Joseph

Service Number –   WX 7628.

Rank –   Sergeant.

Unit / Division –   2/4  Machine  Gun  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   10  August  1940.

Date  of  Birth-  25  June  1912.

Place  of  Birth-  Armadale,  W. A.

Address on Enlistment –   South  Bunbury,  W. A.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  George  Joseph  Howard,  Mother-  Beatrice  Victoria  Howard,  both  of  South  Bunbury,  W. A.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   1  July  1943.

Place –   Thai – Burma  Railway,  Thailand  (  Prisoner  of  War  ).

Age at Death –   31.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Kanchanaburi  War  Cemetery,  Thailand  (  Coll.  Grave  10,  F,  2-10,  L,  4 ).