James Frederick TOUGH

TOUGH, James Frederick

    Service Number: 3329
    Enlisted: 24 January 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
    Born: London, England, 18 May 1893
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: St Saviours School, Poplar
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 16 May 1917, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Favreuil British Cemetery
    Favreuil British Cemetery, Favreuil, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3329, Liverpool, New South Wales
    2 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3329, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3329, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    30 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
    14 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3329, 56th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Shell wound ( buttocks)
    16 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3329, 56th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Died of Wounds on this day. Service medals: British War Medals; Victory Medal. His next-of-kin received the Memorial Plaque and Scroll. His service and sacrifice remembered.

    James&Adelaide Tough,Parents.

    My Uncle before I was born Thomas John Tough, now researching my family tree, my knowledge was that Frederick had enlisted before being eligible.
    My grandparents did receive a pension and do have a copy of a notice of increase of the pension.

    Submitted 24 December 2019 by Thomas Tough

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