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• Howard Taylor McKern †

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Born: 1 January 1893

Died: 16 August 1915

Fourth son of Mr and Mrs James McKern.

He was wounded in the leg at Lone Pine on 6th or 7th Aug. He could not be got out of the trenches immediately owing to congestion but was ultimately seen carried out laughing and talking. - Captain A. J. G. Simpson, 4. A.I.F.

454 Corporal Howard Taylor McKern, 4 Battalion, AIF: agriculturalist; of Mosman, NSW; born Arncliffe, NSW; educated at Summer Hill (NSW) Public School, at Hurlstone Agricultural High School, and at Wagga Wagga (NSW) Experimental Farm; was a public school cadet and latterly a member of the League of Frontiersmen; joined the AIF on 23 August 1914; died at Malta on 15 August 1915, of wounds received at Lone Pine on August 6; age at time of death, 22 years 3 months.

Bigraphical Note, Personal Record Collection, Australian War Memorial.

All photos (1)

Names recorded

• Howard Taylor McKern
• Mckern, Howard Taylor

Service numbers

• Service number 454
• Service number 454

Ranks

• Held rank of Corporal
• Held rank of Corporal
• Held rank of Lance Corporal

Birth records

• Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 1893 in Arncliffe, NSW, Australia

Death records

• Died on service
• 16 August 1915
• In Malta
• 16 August 1915 in Cottonera, Birgu, Malta

Life events

• Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Euripides A14

Address

• Murrurundi, 17 Redan Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Mckern, J
• Brother - Stewart Hessel George Mckern †
• Father - James Mckern
• Mother - Mary Eldridge Tebbutt
• Brother - Alan Charles Mckern
• Brother - James Gordon Young Mckern

Organisations

• Member Of – ,,
• Member Of – 4th Battalion, AIF
• 4th Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• HEROES OF THE DARDANELLES. (newspaper article)
• Corporal H. T. McKERN (Mosman). Killed in action. (photograph)
• McKern Howard Taylor : SERN 454 : POB Sydney NSW : POE Sydney NSW : NOK F McKern J (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - Howard Taylor McKern (webpage)
• Find War Dead – Mckern, Howard Taylor (webpage)
• Roll of Honour - Howard Taylor McKern (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Rolls - Howard Taylor McKern (webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing - Howard Taylor McKern (webpage)
• MEN OF THE DARDANELLES. CORPORAL H. T. M'KERN. (newspaper article)
• McKern, Howard Taylor (b.? - d.1915). Private Record Collection [Australian War Memorial] (webpage)
• The graves of 289 Corporal (Cpl) Clarence Rupert Roberts, 8th Battalion, 1450 Private (Pte) Sidney Lamond, 1st Battalion and 454 Cpl Howard Taylor McKern, 4th Battalion. [Photograph] (webpage)

Commemorations

• McKERN H. T. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• McKern, H T on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour
• McKern, Howard T on the St Clement's Anglican Church World War 1 Memorial Plaques