Lyall Howard

Lyall Falconer Howard (2 May 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.[1] He was born and raised near Maclean in the Clarence River region of northern New South Wales.[2] His hand-written war diary penned on the battlefields of the Western Front in 1916 is used by historians to retrace the experiences of Australian soldiers in World War I.

  1. ^ "A foreign field that still touches Australia". The Age. 1 July 2006. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Military Record 12079842". National Archives of Australia. 27 January 1916. Archived from the original on 25 April 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2007.