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Trooper BENJAMIN FORD

Service Number: 1562
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

8th

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

D. 331.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Agnes and the late Benjamin Ford, of 397, Wellington St., Clifton Hill, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DARLING AND ONLY BOY PARTED ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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