Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Howe ya kasance mai kula da wicket kuma mai amfani mai amfani. Ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaci a Ofishin Kudin Kudin Gida na Wellington. Ya shiga aikin soja a lokacin da aka fara yakin duniya na farko, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin sajan a cikin sojojin New Zealand da suka dauki
Samoa a shekara ta 1914. Daga baya a New Zealand an ba shi izini, kuma ya yi aiki a Yammacin Yamma a matsayin laftanar. An kashe shi a cikin aiki a Messines a ranar 10 ga Janairu 1917.