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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

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                             

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