Profile

FORD, Thomas
(Service number 5/584)

Aliases
First Rank	Driver	Last Rank	Driver

Birth

Date	26/08/1879	Place of Birth	Milton, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	15 July 1915	Age	35
Address at Enlistment	1 Filleul St, Dunedin
Occupation	Engine Driver
Previous Military Experience	South African War 1899-1902 (serial no.1143) Rough Riders.
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Walter Ford (Brother), Waihao Forks, South Canterbury
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information	Height 5 foot 71/4 inches. Weight 160 lbs. Dark complexion. Brown eyes. Dark brown hair.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	11th Reinforcement, Army Service Corp
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With	Field Bakery
Last Unit Served With	NZ Army Corp

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916-17
Service Medals	British War Medal & Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	15 March 1918	Age	38
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of disease - liver carcinoma
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	St Sever Cemetery Extenion, Rouen
Memorial Reference	P.V.R. 3B
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of the late Walter Ford of Milton, New Zealand

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (September 2013); Archway (December 2017)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

Not assigned.

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