FORDHAM, Edward Arthur
| Service Number: | 297 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1883 |
| Home Town: | New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 January 1958, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot: RC29C - Roman Catholic FM 29C, Position 94 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 297, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 297, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 23 Sep 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 297, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 144, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Harlech Castle arriving Brisbane 18 Sep 1901, discharged 13 Sep 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
His older brother Henry George Fordham also served with him in the 5th QIB and had also served prior to that in the 2nd QMI.
When Edward Arthur Fordham enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father K. Fordham, Cnr Kent and James Sts, New Farm. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 144, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his brother-in-law Mr. A. Stringer, Railway Department.
The entry in The Queenslander appears to contain a typographical error for the initial for his father's given name. Edward Arthur Fordham was born on 22 Feb 1883 at Brisbane, a son to Henry Fordham and Elizabeth Fordham (nee Henry). He married Mary Rose O'Connell on 4 Sep 1908 in Queensland.
In 1940 he and his wife were living in Sydney when he enlisted on 23 May 1940 for WW2, serving with home forces. On his Attestation Form he appears to have lowered his age by some 10 years; stated he was working as a caterer and cook; his N.O.K. was his wife Mary Rose Fordham; and they were living at Paddington in Sydney.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 144).
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