Reginald Lester HOUGH

HOUGH, Reginald Lester

Service Number: 6568
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
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World War 1 Service

25 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6568, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
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

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Biography 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