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FORD, Harold Desmond
Personal Details
| Service Number: | B4766 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Ordinary Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 |
| Born: | Pomona, Queensland, Australia , 28 January 1926 |
| Home Town: | Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Employed at Queensland Trustees |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Lingayan Gulf Area, Phillipines, Germany, 6 January 1945, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Pan 95 col 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, HMAS Australia (Honour Roll), Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Ordinary Seaman, B4766, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2 | |
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| 1 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, B4766, HMAS Australia (II) D84 - WW2, Brisbane, Qld. | |
| 1 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, B4766 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Ford and Ada Matilda Taylor of Banyo, Brisbane, Queensland
Lost his life whilst serving on H.M.A.S. Australia in the Lingayan Gulf Area, Philippines on 6th January 1945. Ordinary Seaman Harold Ford became missing and presumed killed whilst serving on H.M.A.S. “Australia” on 6th January 1945 during the invasion of Luzon by American forces. HMAS Australia was attacked by a Japanese dive bomber that crashed into the foremast of the Australia resulting in 30 officers and men being killed or having died of wounds, and 64 wounded, 26 of these seriously.