HAUGH, James
| Service Numbers: | 2506 , 2506 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blayney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 10 May 1941, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone D, Row 14, Grave 6201 Headstone inscription reads His duty done. Interred on 12 May 1941 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2506 , 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2506, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2506, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, At Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 11 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2506 , 55th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Bronchitis, Rheumatism and overage |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was Goodhope Street, Paddington, NSW
Son of James Haugh and Ann Haugh of Blayney, NSW
Next of kin given as his niece Stella Wooll of Bondi Road, Bondi, NSW
During 1911 James married Mary Lindwall in Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 1 November 1917 aboard HT Anchies disembarking on 3 January 1918
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Briefly served with the Naval and Military Expiditionary Tropical Force between 7 March 1919 and 27 March 1919 with service number of 1802. Next of kin given as his sister Elizabeth Charlton nee Haugh of Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW. Marital status was given as widower