Service Details
Name:
 FORD
Given Name:
 JOSEPH
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 3216
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-12
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Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse
Additional
Information:
Son of Phoebe Ford, of Red Hill, Victoria Co., Natal. Born Widnes, Lancashire, England. A clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT
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Grave Reference:
 IV. E. 1.

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