FORD, William
| Service Number: | 987 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1914, Cook |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Accident, Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 29 May 1937, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW GENERAL-30. 3. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 987, 4th Field Ambulance, Cook | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 987, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 987, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 987, 12th Field Ambulance, 12th March 1919 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac resting at Sandgate Cemetery, unmarked grave, not forgotten.
I recently placed a cross at the unmarked gravesite of Corporal William Ford, 12th Australian Field Ambulance (cook, Reg No-987), labourer and crane driver from Little Gipps Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 9 Vista Parade, Belmont, N.S.W., who was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery on the Sunday afternoon of the 30th May 1937 (3 funerals on this day), age 41. GENERAL-30. 3.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 14th May 1896 to George and Margaret Ford; husband of Isabella McArthur Ford nee Munro (married 11.10.1918, Marlborough House, Glasgow, Scotland, died?), William enlisted October 1914 with the 4th Australian Field Ambulance at Broadmeadows, Victoria.
Wounded in action - 7.8.1915 (GSW? right hand), and admitted to hospital 14.6.1917 (anthrax), 8.8.1918 (appendicitis, dangerously ill), William returned home January 1919, being discharged medically unfit (invalided) on the 12th March 1919.
Mr. Ford’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and the Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor.
The tragic circumstances of William’s death were reported. William Ford, accident victim dies in hospital (hit by car).
I will still submit an application to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip to honour Mr. Ford’s service with the 1st A.I.F.
38 Returned Veterans of The Great War are resting in unmarked graves in the GENERAL portion of Sandgate Cemetery, research continuing to locate our War Heroes.
Lest We Forget.
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