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HOUGH, Royal Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1724 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 July 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Church of England area, Row T, Grave 3240. Interred on 6 July 1942 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 29 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1724, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1724, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 14th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for England aboard HS St. Denis on 12 August 1916 | |
| 21 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 14th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1724, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Hough and Mary Ann Hough nee Miller of Raleigh Street, Malvern, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 4 April 1919 aboard HT Armagh disembarking 19 May 1919
Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1923c Roy married Alice Mary Butler in Victoria