GOUGH, Charles
(Service number 7/848)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/11/1889 | Place of Birth | Western Supermare, Somerset,England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 17 December 1914 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | King Street, Temuka | ||
| Occupation | Dredgeman for Wallace & Standish, Otago | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Frederick Gough (father) 5 Palmer St,Wooton-Super-Mare, Somerset,England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez,Egypt |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
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Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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