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John HOUGH Update Details

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Service Numbers:	4219, 4219A
Enlisted:	15 September 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Train
Born:	Bolton, Lancashire, England, 1885
Home Town:	Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Memorials:

15 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4219, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
17 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 4219, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 4219, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
17 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, From 11th Battalion. Letter 'A' added to the service number now 4219A
28 Jan 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Train
14 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4219A, 1st Divisional Train, Discharged in London, England. Unit demobilised

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Next of kin given as his sister Maud Hough of Wheatfield Street, Bolton, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal