Jack HOUGH

HOUGH, Jack

    Service Number: 5710
    Enlisted: 6 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Seddon, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Cook
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    World War 1 Service

    6 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    20 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, Shell shock
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe wound to the left arm. Embarked HS Carisbrook Castle for England on 20 October 1917
    23 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, arm and leg. Invalided to England on 26 August 1918
    17 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5710, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Samuel Hough and Elizabeth Garratt formerly Hough nee Cornell of Williamson Road, Yarraville, Victoria later changed to his sister Laura Tribe of Browning Street, Seddon, Victoria

    Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918 aboard HT Borda disembarking on 10 December 1918

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

     

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