FORD, James Patrick
| Service Number: | 476 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 2 August 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 476, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 476, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
James Patrick FORD was born in Paddington in 1894 and was educated by the Christian Brothers at Woollahra. He joined the NSWGR as a junior clerk at Eveleigh workshops in 1911. In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF at Sydney. He had three years’ experience in the Militia behind him.
On 2 August 1917 was killed in action, and buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, 2¾ miles SE of Poperinghe, Belgium.
Submitted 8 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
James Patrick FORD was born in Paddington in 1894 and was educated by the Christian Brothers at Woollahra. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a junior clerk at Eveleigh workshops in 1911.
In August 1914 he enlisted in the AIF at Sydney. He had three years’ experience in the Militia behind him.
He was appointed to the Field Artillery, he was promoted to Corporal in September. He embarked from Sydney in October 1914. He was sent via Egypt to Gallipoli. He was wounded there on 30th November 1915 and returned to Egypt in December. In March 1916 he went to France. In May he was promoted to Sergeant, and then to 2nd Lieutenant, and in September to Lieutenant. At the end of September he was admitted to hospital (with appendicitis). He re-joined his unit in October. In April 1917 he was wounded in action at Lagnicourt. He was mentioned in despatches, and was evacuated to hospital in England. He was discharged from hospital in June. He was sent to France again in July.
On 2nd August 1917 was killed in action He was buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, 2¾ miles SE of Poperinghe, Belgium.
He was the eldest son of his parents. The second son, Paul Ford, was killed in action 12 days later. Their sorrowing father in Australia, who was aged 51, died in the following month.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board