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Harry James FORD

Regimental number2862
Place of birthMarton, New Zealand
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSawmill hand
Address83 Laman Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFriend, J Evans, Dunbar Street, Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Place of enlistmentNewcastle, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 April 1918
Place of death or woundingStrargeele
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 61), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Native of New Zealand. Name said to be J.M. LEPROU, but not confirmed

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