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HOUGH, Frederick Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 20944 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Nottingham, England, 11 December 1881 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, July 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 30 July 1968 and ashes were scattered |
| Memorials: | Hawthorn Auburn Baptist Church Honour Roll WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 20944, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20944, 5th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20944, 5th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 21 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 20944, 5th Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Hough and Matilda Hough nee Mann of Nottingham, England
Husband of Florence Martha Hough nee Knight of 'Valmai', Carrington Grove, St. Kilda East, Victoria. Frederick and Florence married during 1908c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 13 July 1919 aboard HT Persic disembarking on 28 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal