HOUGH, Charles Neave
Service Number: | 8076 |
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Enlisted: | 21 July 1917, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Birmingham, England, 5 June 1881 |
Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 16 September 1948, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC, Plot 7, Row 81, Grave 64. Headstone inscription reads: We will remember them. Lest we forget |
Memorials: | Kuranda State School |
World War 1 Service
21 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8076, Tunnelling Companies, Enlisted at Cairns, QLD | |
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13 Sep 1917: | Promoted Sapper, Tunnelling Companies | |
26 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 8076, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
26 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 8076, Tunnelling Companies, SS Indarra, Melbourne | |
24 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), In France | |
13 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 8076, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Hough of Birmingham, England
Next of kin given as a friend Charles Gurd of 'Oaklands', Cairns, QLD
On 4 January 1919 Charles married Martha Ivison in St. James Church, Carlisle, England. W.E. Strickland officiated
Commenced return to Australia on 25 September 1919 aboard HT Mahana disembarking on 11 November 1919 at Sydney for onward travel to Brisbane
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal