FORDHAM, Alfred James
| Service Number: | 3773 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1917, Royal Marines Light Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mucking, Essex, United Kingdom, September 1883 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Church School, Mucking, Ford, Essex, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, England, United Kingdom, 24 February 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Plot 325, Row D, Grave No. 15, Sutton Veny (St John) Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3773, 56th Infantry Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infantry | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3773, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 3773, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1883 FORDHAM Alfred James Orsett 4a 306
Deaths Mar 1918 Fordham Alfred J 34 Warminster 5a 187
56th Bn.Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 34 and the son of James Alfred and Mary Ann Fordham. Born at Muckingford, [Mucking], Essex, England.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 24th February…… Alfred James Fordham was born in 1883 in Mucking Ford, Essex, England.
Information provided by Nora Warren, sister of Alfred James Fordham, for the Roll of Honour states that Alfred Fordham came to Australia when he was 25 & he was a “Fireman on Board a Ship”.
Alfred James Fordham enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 27th September, 1917 as a 34 year old, single, Labourer from Newcastle, NSW. He stated on his Attestation Papers that he had previously served with Royal Marine Light Infantry & was discharged due to an accident.
On 31st October, 1917 Private Alfred James Fordham, Service number 3773, embarked from Sydney on HMAT Euripides (A14) with the 56th Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements & disembarked at Devonport, England on 26th December, 1917.
He was marched in to 14th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire from Australia on 27th December, 1917.
Private Fordham was sent sick to Group Clearing Hospital at Codford, Wiltshire on 4th February, 1918 with possible TB. He was admitted to the Military Hospital at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire on 12th February, 1918 – illness “N.Y.D.” (Not yet determined).
Private Alfred James Fordham died at 12.30 a.m. on 24th February, 1918 at the Military Hospital, Sutton Veny of Tuberculosis Generalised.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers & 2 WW1 Australian Nurses are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/f---j.html
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