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FORD, Jack George
Personal Details
| Other Name: | FORD, George Woolfruian - Birth Records |
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| Service Number: | 19239 |
| Enlisted: | 23 March 1917, Hurstville, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies |
| Born: | Parramatta, New South Wales, Ausralia, 22 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Parramatta Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Northmead, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1984, aged 86 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Parramatta Superior Public School Great War Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 19239, 1st Australian Wireless Squadron (ANZAC), Hurstville, NSW | |
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| 3 Sep 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 19239, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Sep 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 19239, 1st to 5th Divisional Signal Companies, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Henry FORD and Gertrude Eleanor FORD nee HINES, "St. Elmo" Factory Street, Parramatta, New South Wales.
Served in Palestine (Raffa, Gaza, Jericho), contracted typhoid at Jordan Valley and was invalided to Australian Base Hospital Port Said, where before recovery, he contracted malaria fever and influenza. Recovered and returned to duty in Moascar. Spr. Ford is a grandson of the late Mr. W.A. Hines, of the 99th Reg., orderly to the late Gove. Fitzroy at Parramatta.
Married Madge FULLER 1929
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