FORD, George
| Service Number: | 2170 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Murray's Creek State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | GSW buttock & Haemorrhage, Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 22 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Kent , England Grave No. 1465 Inscription on his headstone, "The Lord Gave And The Lord Hath Taken Away" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2170, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2170, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2170, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 23 and the son of John and Mary Ann Ford.
INSCRIPTION ON HIS WARGRAVE
THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 22nd June......Private George Ford was born at Bundaberg, Queensland in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd April, 1916 as a 22 year old Stockman from Murray's Creek.
Private Ford arrived in England on 13th October, 1916 for further training. He was hospitalised on 23rd October, 1916 & discharged on 5th November, 1916. Private Ford proceeded to France & joined 52nd Battalion on 23rd December, 1916.
Private George Ford was wounded in action on 7th June, 1917. He was invalided to England & admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England on 13th June, 1917 with “penetrating wound to hip left & buttock”.
Private George Ford died at 4.40 pm on 22nd June, 1917 at Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham, Kent, England from wounds received in action in France – Gunshot wound to buttock & Haemorrhage. He was buried in Fort Pitt Military Cemetery, Rochester, Kent, England where 9 other WW1 Australians are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/rochester---fort-pitt.h…
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