Eric Harold FORD

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Service Number:	WX29919
Enlisted:	31 July 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Norwich, England, 26 March 1915
Home Town:	Inglewood, Stirling, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Infective Hepatitis, 118 Australian General Hospital, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 24 November 1945, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Location Grave Reference ~ Plot C, Row B, Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE... EVER REMEMBERED".
Tree Plaque:	Kalamunda Stirk Park Memorial Walk
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, WX29919
31 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX29919
21 Nov 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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