Arthur HOUGH

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Service Number:	2936
Enlisted:	25 September 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manchester, England, 30 May 1880
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Toorak, South Australia, 20 April 1946, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Reclaimed. Previously buried General C, Path 2, Grave 153. Interred on 21 April 1946
Memorials:

25 Sep 1916:	Enlisted
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2936, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2936, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
27 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2936, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the fingers. Later amputated
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 2936, 43rd Infantry Battalion
4 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, 2936, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism

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Next of kin given as his sister Lavinia Hough of Masgrave Street, Mosman, NSW later returned to Manchester, England

During September 1918 he donated blood at the Norwich Hospital, Norwich, England

Commenced return to Australia on 20 November 1919 aboard HT Suevic disembarking on 5 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Adelaide

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal