HOUGH, Esmond Burke
| Service Number: | 1445 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | "Killarney", Tea Gardens, New South Wales, Australia, 30 April 1891 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Accident - crushed by railway trucks, Hamilton Rail Yards, New South Wales, Australia, 21 December 1922, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-G Spec. 31. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1445, Mining Corps | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1445, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1445, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1445, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1445, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 14 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1445, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
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From Gary Mitchell
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery (a Forgotten Digger?).
96 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 22nd December 1922, Sapper Esmond Bourke Hough, 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, grazier of Newcastle (Hamilton), New South Wales, father of one, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 31. CATHOLIC 1-G Spec. 31.
Born at "Killarney", Tea Gardens, New South Wales on the 30th April 1891 to Jacob Joseph and Bridget Elizabeth Hough nee Burke; husband of Ellen Mary Hough nee Flood (married 1922, died 1997, 74 years a widow), Esmond enlisted with the Mining Corps January 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W., and returned home June 1919.
Esmond’s name has been inscribed on the Tea Gardens Public School Honour Roll.
Mr Hough died from injuries received at the Hamilton Railway Goods Yard, accidentally crushed between 2 railway trucks shunted together.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article163195908
There is no inscription on Esmond’s headstone to indicate that he served in the 1st A.I.F. only 3 years previous, and incredibly, any mention in the various newspaper reports of his tragic death that he faithfully served his King and Country.
Younger brother Alexander Sylvester (Reg No-147, born 1894, died 1970) also resting at the cemetery.
I would very much appreciate a photo of the Tea Gardens Public School Honour Roll, which is made of scrolled copper with brass lettering.
Many thanks to Phil Young for the family history.
Lest We Forget.
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