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John Thomas FORD

Regimental number4388
Place of birthLaunceston Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address10 Bedford Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs I M C Ford, 10 Bedford Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date1 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 5 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 8), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Alfred Crisp and Amy FORD; husband of Ivy M.C. FORD, 14 Dry Street, Inveresk, Launceston, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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