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HOUGH, Alexander Verine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 770 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Richmond, New South Wales. Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (NSW), Hawkesbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1979, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Richmond War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 770, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 770, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 770, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 22 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Light Horse Regiment, From 6th Light Horse Regoment | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 770, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Wound to the head | |
| 20 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 28 Jun 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 12 January 1918, page 804, position 45 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1918, page 1123, position 28 | |
| 21 Jun 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 15 Oct 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 3 July 1919, page 8357, position 18 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 17 October 1919, page 1530, position 4 | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 770, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Roland Richmond Hough and Eleanor Hough of 'Grosevale', Richmond, Victoria
During 1915c Alexander married Rita G. Douglass in Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 4 March 1919 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on 21 April 1919
Medals: Military Medal, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal