HOUGH, George

Service Number –   707.

Rank –   2^nd  Lieutenant.

Unit / Division –   16^th  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   19  September  1914.

Address on Enlistment –   Collie,  W. A.

Occupation on Enlistment –   School  Teacher  (  Newtown,  Collie ).

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  John  Hough,  of  5  Wheatfield  Street,  Hough  Bolton,  England.

 

Religion –   Church  of  England.

Embarkation Details –   From  Melbourne  on  22  December  1914  on  HMAT  A40  “ Ceramic  “.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   6  December  1916.

Place –   Flers,  France.

Age at Death –   25.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Bulls  Road  Cemetery,  Flers,  France  (  Plot  I,  Row  A,  Grave  No. 20  ).

Panel Number, Roll of Honour (Australian War Memorial) –   79.