Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 02/12/1942
- Place of Enlistment
- Melbourne, Victoria
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 30/01/1910
- Place of Birth
- Abbotsford, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Murray Crescent, Griffith, Canberra ACT
- Occupation
- Public servant (Military Officer on ACT Electoral Roll 1941)
- Next of Kin
- Son of John and Rosetta Rough, husband of Eula Agatha Muriel Rough, of Murray Crescent, Griffith, Canberra ACT (1941), later of 12 Namur Street, East Kew, Victoria
- Burial Place
Labuan War Cemetery, Malaysia: grave B.A.2
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- VX117208
- Final Rank
- Major
- Final Unit
- AIF Security Service, Australian Army Intelligence Corps, British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit AIF
Fate
Died 31 August 1945 aged 35 years, killed in action Borneo (Brunei Bay)
Commemoration
AWM Roll of Honour, Canberra ACT: Panel 11.
Notes
Rough served in the militia with the 24/39 Battalion from 1926 until he enlisted in 1940. He was taken on strength with the Headquarters Southern Command in June 1940 and was appointed to the rank of Major in 1942. In December 1942 he was seconded to the AIF from the militia. Rough served in Australian based postings until August 1945 when he was sent to Labuan in Brunei and attached to the British Borneo Administration Unit. On 31 August 1945 he was killed in a mine explosion and buried at Labuan Cemetery.
Sources
Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War 2 nominal roll. http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Debt of Honour Register. <http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/search/>
AWM Roll of Honour and Roll of Honour Circulars <http://www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp>
NAA RecordSearch - Series B883 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)
ACT Electoral roll - 1941