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HOUGH, Christopher Leslie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1246 |
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Enlisted: | 21 June 1915, Perth, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Bussellton, Western Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 18 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot 1, Row e, Grave 31, Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1246, Perth, Western Australia | |
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1 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1246, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
1 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1246, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle | |
18 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1246, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1246 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-18 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
He was residing at 'Uplands', 293 Murray Street, Perth, WA
Son of Christopher James and Isabella Ann Hough of 11 Cantle Street, Mt Lawley, WA; brother of Joan Isabella Hough and Malcolm Seymour Guilford Hough
31 December 1915 - to hospital with Mumps
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal