Editing Neville Howse (section)

{{short description|Australian Army general, politician, and recipient of the Victoria Cross}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2016}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Major general (Australia)|Major General]] [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Sir Neville Howse
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|VCi|KCB|KCMG|FRCS}}
| image            = Neville Howse - Fairfax (cropped).jpg
|office          = [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]]
|primeminister   = [[Stanley Bruce]]
|term_start      = 16 January 1925
|term_end        = 2 April 1927
|predecessor     = [[Eric Bowden]]
|successor       = [[William Glasgow (general)|William Glasgow]]
|office1          = [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Minister for Health]]
|primeminister1   = Stanley Bruce
|term_start1      = 24 February 1928
|term_end1        = 22 October 1929
|predecessor1     = Stanley Bruce
|successor1       = [[Frank Anstey]]
|primeminister2 = Stanley Bruce
|term_start2      = 16 January 1925
|term_end2        = 2 April 1927
|predecessor2     = [[Herbert Pratten]]
|successor2       = Stanley Bruce
| constituency_MP3  = [[Division of Calare|Calare]]
| parliament3       = Australian
| majority3         = 
| predecessor3      = [[Thomas Lavelle]]
| successor3        = [[George Gibbons]]
| term_start3       = 16 December 1922
| term_end3         = 12 October 1929
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1863|10|26}}
| birth_place      = [[Stogursey]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1930|9|19|1863|10|26}}
| death_place      = [[London]], England
| restingplace     = [[Kensal Green Cemetery]], London
| spouse           = {{marriage|Evelyn Pilcher|1905}}
| party            = [[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
| relations        =
| children         = Everil, Neville, Evelyn, [[John Howse|John]], Alison<ref>Braga 2000, p83.</ref>
| occupation       = Doctor, soldier, politician
| allegiance       = Australia
| branch           = [[Australian Army]]
| serviceyears     = 1900–22
| rank             = [[Major general (Australia)|Major General]]
| commands         = Director General of Medical Services<br/>[[Australian Army Medical Corps]]
| battles          = 
{{tree list}}
* [[Second Boer War]]
* [[First World War]]
** [[Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I|Asian and Pacific theatre]]
** [[Gallipoli campaign]]
** [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]
{{tree list/end}}
| mawards = [[Victoria Cross]]<br/>[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Venerable Order of Saint John|Knight of the Order of Saint John]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]]
}}
[[Major general (Australia)|Major General]] '''Sir Neville Reginald Howse''', {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|VCi|KCB|KCMG|FRCS}} (26&nbsp;October&nbsp;1863 – 19&nbsp;September&nbsp;1930) was an [[Australian Army]] officer, medical doctor, and politician. He was the [[List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients|first Australian recipient]] of the [[Victoria Cross]] (VC), the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] armed forces.

Howse was born in [[Somerset]], England, and followed his father into the medical profession. He emigrated to Australia in 1889 and eventually settled in [[Orange, New South Wales]]. During the [[Second Boer War|Boer War]], Howse served with the Australian medical corps. He was awarded the VC for his rescue of a wounded man at [[Vredefort]] in July 1900, while under heavy rifle fire. During the First World War, Howse served in New Guinea, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front. He oversaw the medical services of the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] (AIF) and finished the war with the rank of [[major-general]]. He was elected to parliament [[1922 Australian federal election|in 1922]], and was subsequently appointed to cabinet by [[Stanley Bruce]]. He served as [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] (1925–1927), [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Health]] (1925–1927; 1928–1929), and [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Home and Territories]] (1928).