TOUGH, William Alfred
| Service Numbers: | 159, 2555 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | Railway Supply Detachment |
| Born: | Mount Harris, NSW, 23 June 1874 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | France, 1938, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Wellington Hall of Memory Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 159, New South Wales Citizen Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
| 19 Dec 1914: | Involvement 2555, Railway Supply Detachment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 19 Dec 1914: | Embarked 2555, Railway Supply Detachment, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
159 Trooper Tough served with the New South Wales Citizens' Bushmen in the Boer War in 1899. He married Ada Beatrice Goldthorpe in 1902 with whom he had six children. A railway guard prior to his enlistment on 17 September 1914, he embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Berrima on 19 December 1914 aged 40. He was promoted to Warrant Officer in 1916 and returned to Australia on 11 May 1919. On 1 July 1919 he deserted his wife and children and returned to France, becoming the proprietor of the Café de Sydney in Boulogne-Sur-Mer until his death in 1938. The cafe was subsequently destroyed by bombing in the Second World War. His sons, NX27356 Private (Pte) Clarence Ernest Tough and NX67518 Pte William Albert Tough both served in the Second World War, and both survived captivity as Prisoners of War of the Japanese
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