Thomas Walter FORD

FORD, Thomas Walter

    Service Numbers: 392, 393
    Enlisted: 20 August 1914, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia , 1895
    Home Town: Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Brisbane Boys Grammar, Queensland, Australia
    Occupation: Medical Student
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Panel 31, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, East Brisbane War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    20 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 392, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD
    28 Aug 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Corporal, 393, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Corporal, 393, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement Corporal, 392, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 392 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Thomas Sydney Herbert Foord and Emma Mary Ford of 'Jesma' 50 Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, QLD. Brother of Sydney Kelso Ford who was killed in action on 23 July 1916 while serving with the 9th Battalion and no known grave. Name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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