Participant Info

Surname

Ford

First Name

John

Initial

B

Service Number

755

Rank

private

Unit Served

A Company, 56th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

January 19

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

May 13

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 168, image page 167

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

William H. and Ellen Ford

Parental Address

Wazir Street, Arncliffe

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Glebe, September 19, 1898, educated Kogarah Public School, enlisted January 3, 1916, embarked May 13, 1916. War service: France, Belgium (wounded and gassed on two occasions.) (His brother, William, also enlisted in WW1 and survived the war.)(Wazi