FORD, Sydney Kelso
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 25 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | East Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Assistant Surveyor |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Pozieres, France, 23 July 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Brisbane M.W.S. & S.B. Roll of Honour (Original), Brisbane Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board Roll of Honor, East Brisbane War Memorial, Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Jan 1916: | Involvement 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jan 1916: | Embarked 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Sydney | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Sydney Herbert and Emma Mary FORD, 50 Gladstone Road, South Brisbane, Queensland
Mr. T. S. H. Ford, of Arcadia, Rosslyn street, East Brisbane, received official advice on Thursday that his son, Lieut. S. K. Ford, a member of one of the famous Australian Infantry Battalions, has been posted as missing. Lieut. Ford is an old Normal School boy, who won a scholarship to the Brisbano Grammar School, where he matriculated in science and engineering. Subsequently he was employed in the Survey Department of the Water and Sewerage board. He was well known in rowing circles, and one of his latest victories was as stroke of the champion pairs of the Brisbane river on November 11, 1914. He is 23 years, of age.
The Ford Memorial Prize presented by the Queensland University honours both Sydney and his brother Thomas who also died in the war.
IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE.
Mr. Ford, of Messrs. Dalgety and Co., to the memory of whose sons, Lieutenant S. K. Ford and Corporal T. W. Ford, the Queensland Licensed Victuallers' Association have established a prize in connection with the Queensland University Junior Examination, open to the sons of licensed victuallers, has addressed the following letter to Mr. Gratton, general secretary of the Q.U.L.V.A. :-- "There are occasions in a man's life when words fail lo express the deep appreciation of his feelings, for some kind act done, or for sympathy expressed. Your letter of 11th. instant has created that feeling in me, and I can assure you, my dear sir, that I am at an entire loss to find words to adequately express my deep sense of gratitude to your committee for the comforting and consoling expressions contained therein. My soldier sons (Lieutenant S. K. Ford and Corporal T. W. Ford) were my mates, my pals and my pride; they were worth it, , and when their country called they, like true Britishers, responded. It was a glorious sacrifice, and, as you rightly say, the feeling of pride is indelibly imprinted on my memory for all time. It is my sincere hope that my son. Lieutenant S. K. Ford, reported 'missing,' may turn up safely, and return to me, to continue the, useful career he had chosen. In conclusion, I may state that the sacrifice I have made has been minimised by your comforting letter, and I particularly request you on my behalf to extend my deepest thanks to the committee of your esteemed association for the glowing expressions of high esteem."
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