FORD, Henry Arthur
| Service Number: | 4427 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone, South Australia, 8 June 1881 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Port Pirie Hospital, South Australia , 8 December 1955, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia CP1 Lot 82, grave 8 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 4427, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4427, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4427, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide | |
| 27 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, 4427, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Henry Arthur FORD was born at Gladstone on 08.06.1881 to Herbert (Samuel??) and Alice FORD nee HOLLIS (13.05.1860).
His parents had married at Crystal Brook on 08.06.1878 His father Samuel FORD died on 06.06.1893.
Henry Arthur FORD joined the AIF on 08.01.1916 and was allocated service number 4427. He was attached to the 11th reinforcements of the 27th Battalion.
He embarked to France via Egypt. It would appear he suffered influenza and was ill for a great deal of his service.
He was hospitalised with ‘trench feet’ in France. He served in France until he was returned to Australia on 15.04.1918 as medically unfit.
He was discharged on 27.06.1918 as medically unfit.
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.