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Lyall Falconer Howard (1896 – 30 November 1955) was a World War I veteran, engineer and business owner, and the father of the former Australian prime minister, John Howard and Australian academic Bob Howard.
In the Howard family there are disparate versions. All agree that Lyall, a motor garage proprietor of Dulwich Hill, a veteran of the Great War, was bitterly anti-Lang and a keen King and Empire man. That certainly sounds like the social profile of the average New Guardsman. The New Guard was very strong in the inner west of Sydney.
Lyall Falconer Howard (1896 – 30 November 1955) was a World War I veteran, engineer and business owner, and the father of the former Australian prime minister, John Howard.[1] He was born and raised near Maclean in the Clarence River region of northern New South Wales.[2] His hand-written war...
Lyall Falconer Howard (1896 – 30 November 1955) was a World War I veteran, engineer and business owner, and the father of the former Australian prime minister, John Howard and Australian academic Bob Howard. He was born and raised near Maclean in the Clarence River region of northern New South Wales.
Howard is the fourth son of Mona (née Kell) and Lyall Howard, who married in 1925. Howard was also known as "Jack" in his youth. His older brothers were Walter (1926–2019), Stanley (1930–2014) and Robert (b. 1936). Lyall Howard was an admirer of Winston Churchill. Howard's ancestors were English, Scottish, and Irish.
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Is the father of Lyall Howard, 3rd Pioneer Battalion and grandfather of Australian Prime Minister John Howard. In the book, The Great War, author Les Carlyon details the experiences of Lyall Howard on the front line, captured by the handwritten notes in Lyall's war diary.
