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Ford, Edward Ernest
Born 31st
July 1879 Richmond Tasmania to James and Eliza Ford (nee
Burgess) and married to Emma Mary Cusick with one child
he embarked.
Born 31st July 1879 Richmond Tasmania to
James and Eliza Ford (nee Burgess) and married to Emma
Mary Cusick with one child, a general store keeper he
embarked Hobart 1st July 1916 on board
“HMAT Berrima” with the 40th Infantry
Battalion.
Lance Corporal Ford was killed in action 3rd
January 1917 in France and is commemorated in the
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, Lille,
France
Official
notice has been received that
Lance-Corporal Edward Ernest Ford son of Mrs. Eliza and
the late Mr.
James Ford of Triabunna was killed
in action in France on January 3.
Lance-Corporal ("Teddy") Ford left
Tasmania on July 2 and reached the
firing line, from England, in December.
He was a keen sportsman, and indulged
in all manly sports, such as cricket,
football, cycling, etc., being very popular. For some
time he was a member
of the Spring Bay Council. Prior to
entering Claremont camp on Wednesday, March 1, 1916, he
was presented
with a wristlet watch on behalf of the
residents of Levendale, on February 16 at Levendale (to
which district his business of general storekeeper
extended as
one of the largest businesses on the
East Coast,
which also embraced the
Triabunna, Buckland, and Runnymede
districts, where he had
established stores. Councillor H. L. Dean, who made the
presentation, spoke of the
esteem in which Mr. Ford was held. It
is a remarkable coincidence that this
presentation his entrance into camp and brave death
should have taken
place on a Wednesday. The deceased
soldier's father was one of the six victims of the
boating disaster at Spring
Bay on November 21, 1886. Lance
Corporal Ford was a widower, with one
young son.
The Mercury
26th January 1917
Photo Courtesy Fran Read
Photo Courtesy Cecilia Webster
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