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HOUGH, Reginald Lester
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6568 |
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Enlisted: | 25 January 1917, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Tynedale, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Butter Maker |
Died: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 7 October 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Grafton Cemetery, NSW Anglican area. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
Memorials: | Cowper Public School WW1 Honor Roll, Maclean Public School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right thigh. Embarked for England on HS St. Patrick on 11 October 1918 | |
23 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Joseph Hough and Henrietta Elizabeth Harriet Hough nee Cowper of Queen Street, Grafton, NSW
Commemenced return to Australia on 6 May 1919 aboard HT Karoola disembarking on 28 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Muriel Maud Hough nee Page. Reginald and Muriel married during 1923c in Grafton, NSW