HOUGH, Gilbert
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Salford, Lancashrie, England, 26 May 1883 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Salford Training College England |
| Occupation: | Student Teacher |
| Died: | 21 Balgowlah Road, Manly, NSW, 27 May 1962, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William HOUGH and Lavinia nee HOLLAND
As a teacher he moved around NSW. When their second child was born they were living in Broken Hill where he was acting head of the Central School. Later he was in the Kiama district.
He composed and recited these lines for a concert in the Ivey Hall, Broken Hill.
Barrier Miner 28/5/1930 p.1
Miss Amy Johnson
The world proclaims an epic flight,
Just a girl with figure slight
Soaring o'er jungle and desert space.
Whose pluck and grit have won her the race.
Of her trials and perils she alone only knew;
"Amy Johnson, God bless you, you're British all through".
He was a stalwart of the RSL as shown in the article from The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal Wednesday, 21/8/1940 p.3
Berry Unit
A unit of the Volunteer Defence Corps has been formed at Berry with Mr Gilbert Hough, president of the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, as Commanding Officer of an enthusiastic meeting of 60 men addressed by the Area Commander, Captain U.K Walsh, M. C. of Nowra.
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