Jeremiah (Jerry) HOUGH

HOUGH, Jeremiah

    Service Number: 452
    Enlisted: 28 January 1916, Enlisted at Cowra, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 3rd Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 19 September 1877
    Home Town: Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 17 September 1962, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Yass Cemetery, NSW
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    Memorials: Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    28 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 452, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Cowra, NSW
    6 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 452, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 452, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    10 Aug 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 452, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas hough and Mary Ann Hough nee O'Brien of 'Mountain Home', Barry Rene, Cowra, NSW

    Brother of Michael Hough who returned to Australia on 5 July 1917 having served with the 3rd Battalion and John Hough who was killed in action on 1 September 1916 and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Commenced return to Australia on 23 May 1917 aboard HT Ayrshire disembarking on 20 July 1917

    Medal: British War Medal

    Biography contributed by Brian Ovenden

    Also brother of: Thomas 'Tom' Hough, AIF Service No: 676

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