Ernest Edgar HOUGH

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Service Number:	944
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tram Driver
Died:	Molong, New South Wales, Australia, 8 February 1924, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Section M2, Row L, Grave 1423
Memorials:	Glebe Roll of Honor

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 944, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 944, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 944, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney
22 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 944, 1st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Charles Edward Hough and Norah Hough of Baker Street, Windsor, NSW

On 19 September 1918 Ernest married Elizabeth Russell in the Romford Registry Office, Essex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 23 October 1918 aboard HT Durham disembarking on 23 December 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

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