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Robert Hough

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 31 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 37), Page: 31 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Hough AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob Hough AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 15304 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 November 1911 AWMM Salford, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.A. Hough (mother), 55 New Barton Street, Pendleton, Manchester, England AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 29 July 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 15304 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 4 April 1916 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 2 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Broken ankle AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Gas AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • According to family members, when Robert broke his ankle, it saved his life as the company he had been serving with was wiped out in the next few days. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 August 1976 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18050080
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      37: 31 AWMM
    • The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements]. AWMM

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