WARD, Albert
| Service Number: | 2899 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Bronchitis, United Kingdom, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire |
| Memorials: | Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Sandgate Honour Roll, Sandgate War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2899, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2899, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 9th April…… Albert Ward was born in 1882 at Rotherham, Yorkshire, England.
According to information supplied by his father for Roll of Honour - Albert Ward came to Australia when he was 16 years old.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 12th September, 1916 as a 34 year old, single, Labourer from Deagon, Sandgate, Queensland.
Private Albert Ward, Service number 2899, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 23rd December, 1916 with the 42nd Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 3rd March, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 6th March, 1917 Private Ward was marched in from Australia to 11th Training Battalion, Durrington, Wiltshire.
He was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Bronchitis on 28th March, 1917.
Private Albert Ward died at 9.40 am on 9th April, 1917 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire, England from Bronchitis.
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
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Headstone photo – Ian King
Cemetery photo – David Healing
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