William HOUGH

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Service Number:	1312
Enlisted:	30 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Shoeing-Smith
Last Unit:	Australian Mounted Divisional Train
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Port Stephens, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, August 1973, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Avondale Cemetery, New South Wales Lot 1, Row D, Grave 128
Memorials:

30 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1312, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
5 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1312, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1312, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
8 Jul 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, From hospital
20 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, Australian Mounted Divisional Train
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 1312, Australian Mounted Divisional Train, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

Son of William Hough and Amy Margaret Hough of 'Tea Gardens', Port Stephens, NSW

Returned to Australia on 28 July 1919 aboard HT Essex

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Husband of Alice Eva Hough nee Roero. William and Alice married during 1939c in Toronto, NSW