Regimental number | 1161 |
Place of birth | Tenterfield, New South Wales |
School | Convent (Catholic) |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Contractor |
Address | Bourke Street, Glen Innes, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Ford, Bourke Street, Glen Innes, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/17/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Wounded Bearsheba. Died Port Said |
Age at death | 28 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Port Said War Memorial Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 4), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry and Hannah FORD, Glen Innes, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 1392 Sergeant William Thoms FORD, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 June 1919; 1391 Sergeant George Henry FORD, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919. |