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James Leslie FORD

Regimental number4479
Date of birth8 December 1893
Place of birthJallukar, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMoyston Post Office, via Moyston, Ararat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Ford, Moyston Post Office, via Moyston Ararat, Victoria
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 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 RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Ammunition Column
FateReturned to Australia 15 May 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2328 Pte Joseph Patrick FORD, 46th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 February 1920; 4491 Pte Frederick FORD, 58th Bn, died of wounds, 3 March 1918; 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

Also served in World War II: enlisted, 1 August 1940; discharged, 13 December 1944, as QX15241, Private, 2/31st Bn.

Date of birth given as 8 December 1901 on DVA WW2 Nominal Roll.
Date of death18 June 1964
Age at death70

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