HOUGH, Michael
| Service Number: | 3798 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia, 18 April 1882 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 15 April 1962, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, New South Wales, Australia Area M2, Section 12, Grave 3944 |
| Memorials: | Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow, NSW | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the shoulder. Embarked HS Formosa for England on 16 November 1916 | |
| 11 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3798, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Hough and Mary Ann Hough nee O'Brien of 'Mountain Home', Barry Rene, Cowra, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 4 May 1917 aboard HT Militades disembarking on 5 July 1917
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Brother of Jeremiah Hough who returned to Australia on 20 July 1917 having served with the 3rd Pioneer 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
Biography contributed by Brian Ovenden
Also brother of Thomas 'Tom' Hough, AIF Service No: 676.
Mick & Tom came both returned to Australia on the same ship, on the same day.