FORD, David Samuel
| Service Number: | WX21685 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 May 1942, Claremont, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Colton, South Australia, 22 November 1913 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Colton, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Heart Failure, Fremantle, Western Australia, 5 March 1986, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia Interred with wife Betty |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 12 May 1942: | Involvement Private, WX21685 | |
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| 12 May 1942: | Enlisted Claremont, WA | |
| 12 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX21685 | |
| 18 Jan 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharon Hull
Dave married his wife Betty in Kalgoorlie before the onset of war. At the time he was working as a underground machine miner on the drill. They had 2 children, a boy and a girl. Following his discharge from the war, he worked on the mines for a couple more years and then became a train examiner with Trans Continental. This job took him to Loongana and then to Cook, the family living in houses supplied by the railway. Upon their return to Kalgoorlie, Dave & Betty bought a grocery store in and their daughter mainly managed it for 4 years until it was sold upon her marriage. By the end of that year Dave & Betty left Kalgoorlie and moved to a southern suburb of Perth. His married son Ray, had secured a job for his father as storeman at Kwinana Power Station. Dave and Betty had 5 grand children before their deaths in the early 80's.
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