Participant Info

Surname

Ford

First Name

William

Initial

G

Service Number

2407

Rank

private

Unit Served

A Company, 56th Battalion

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

March 14

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

September 30

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, April 30, 1900, educated Kogarah Public School, enlisted March 1916, embarked September 30, 1916.War service: France (slightly wounded and gassed on two occasions), was with unit at cessation of hostilities.(His brother, John, also enlisted