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Leonard Irwin Hough was the son of Christopher and Isabella Hough of Mt Lawley, Western Australia. Born and educated at Busselton, he left Australia in the SS Ajana on 31 December 1914 for Egypt.

His younger brother Christopher enlisted for service in the AIF in 1915, whilst his older sister, Staff Nurse Edith Hough served with the Army Nursing Service in Egypt throughout 1918. Sadly, 1246 Private Christopher Leslie Hough was killed in action at Pozieres in August 1916.

Private Leonard Hough was in and out of hospital during his time in the army. He was assigned to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force prior to the Gallipoli landing and in early 1916 was transferred to the Field Artillery.

In mid 1917 he was deemed medically unfit, suffering from a historic leg fracture and mutilated right foot. The circumstances of the injuries are not detailed in his service history and he was returned to Australia and discharged.

In 1919 he married Margaret Bennett at Perth. The couple lived in the Fremantle district with Leonard employed as a storeman. In the 1930s they farmed country near Westonia east of Perth.

Moving back to Perth and with the outbreak of World War II, Leonard Hough enlisted for home service. 

From the 1950s, Leonard and Margret liveed in Riverdale, an inner eastern suburb of Perth. They moved to the Howard Solomon Aged Care Village at Lynwood in the late 70s where Leonard died in 1980 and Margaret passed away in 1986.