Profile

FOORD, William Harold
(Service number 6/455 or 6/455A)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date 22/06/1893 Place of Birth Arrowtown

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment Royal Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation Mechanic for R.A.Rodgers, Timaru
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin A. Foord, Royal Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 16 October 1916
Transport Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From Lyttelton Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns Egypt 1914-16, Egyptian Expeditionary Force 1916, Gallipoli 1915, Western Europe 1916-18, Germany 1919
Service Medals
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 01.07.1980 Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Woodland Memorial Gardens, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015)

External Links

Related Documents

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

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