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Frederick FORD

Regimental number4491
Date of birth8 December 1890
Place of birthJallukar, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMoyston Post Office, Moyston via Ararat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Ford, Moyston Post Office, Moyston via Ararat, Victoria
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 3 March 1918
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2328 Pte Joseph Patrick FORD, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 February 1920; 4479 Bombardier James Leslie FORD, 5th Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 15 May 1919; Nephew: 3043 Driver Sidney FORD, 45th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 July 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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