Name
James Patrick Ford
1894
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/08/1917
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
476
Australian Field Artillery
6th A.F.A. Bde.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Mentioned in Despatches
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
III. C. 7.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
James Patrick Ford was born in August 1894 in Paddington, New South Wales, the son of Paul and Bridget Ford.
He worked as a railway clerk and lived at 90 Cameron Street, Paddington, New South Wales. He gave his next of kin as P Ford of the same address.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 24 August 1914 as a Corporal in the Field Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column. His unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on
He was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on 17 May 1916 with the Artillery Division 1. He was mentioned in Despatches in June 1917 but was killed in action on 2 August 1917.
Additional Information
Mrs Delia Ford, 61 Cameron Street, Edgecliffe, Sydney, ordered his headstone inscription: "MAY HE REST IN PEACE".
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
