Son of William Howel and Edith Scratton. Born Grahamstown, South Africa. Was engaged in rubber planting in Malay States. On outbreak of war joined Malay States Contingent. On Ipoh War Memorial, Malaysia ***Buried in Kitchener's Wood
MC LG 26 Jan 1917 p.1020 kept on first record of a near-sequential smear (PN 40644-40668). Award not independently name-matched.
16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo 'Unknown' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 40638 to 40646 -- 5 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (40638, MacFARLANE, Robert Craig (R C)). A value repeated down an unbroken block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number; the pattern holds across 850 such runs on this roll and is independently confirmed by Mike Sandham's research log, which attaches such numbers to the head of the run 167 times against 6 contradictions (all examined). No replacement is guessed: this man's real service number is simply not known, and a blank field says so honestly where another man's number did not.
MC LG Sup 26 January 1917 pg. 1020 - "For conspicuos gallantry in action. He displayed great courage and coolness during the attack. Later, he rendered very valuable assistance during the consolidation of the position under heavy fire.", MID LG Sup 21 December 1917 pg. 13373
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