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Benjamin FORD

Regimental number1562
Place of birthKew Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Address80 Ferney Crescent, Abbotsford, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Benjamin Ford, 80 Ferney Crescent, Abbotsford, Victoria
Enlistment date8 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 25 February 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 331), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Agnes and the late Benjamin FORD, 397 Wellington Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria

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