Regimental number | 4523 |
Place of birth | Yokohama, Japan |
School | Blackheath, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 18 or 20 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | Clifton, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 40 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs. Henrietta Undine Ford, Clifton, Queensland |
Previous military service | British Navy |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 31st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 41 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 41 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row D, Grave No. 3), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 118 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William Benjamin and Esther Esdaile FORD; husband of Henrietta U. FORD, Elphinstone, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |