Curtis FORD

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Service Numbers:	2668, 4784
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Did not go overseas. Deserted
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southport, Queensland, 1889
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Illness, Australia, 5 June 1919
Cemetery:	Gayndah Cemetery, Queensland Church of England Section, Grave 483
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cherbourg Roll of Honour

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2668, Did not go overseas. Deserted
31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4784, Enlisted at Brisbane
28 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4784, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
28 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4784, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane
18 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4784, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit with Tuberculosis

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Son of A. Ford of Tweed Heads, NSW

Next of kin given as his sister Mrs Lena Bostock of Alma Street, Beaudesert, QLD

17 August 1916 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Borda disembarking at Brisbane on 16 September 1916 for discharge medcially unfit

Medal: British War Medal