Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: Frederick Wilbraham Ford

Ancestor's date of birth: 11/11/1880

Ancestor's date of death: 01/01/1969

Cause of Death: Not Stated

Service Number: 158

Colony or State of enlistment: TAS, Place of Enlistment: Details not provided

Unit: Number 1 Company, 2^nd Tasmania Imperial Bushmen

Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On Enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No subsequent military service able to be traced.

Murray Page: 564

Contingent: Fourth Tasmanian

Ship: Chicago, Date of Sailing: 27/03/1901

Memorial details: Details not provided

Decorations: King's South Africa Medal with 1901 clasp.

Personal Characteristics: Details not provided

Reasons to go and fight: Details not provided

Details of service in war: Served in the Cape Colony under General French

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Australia 5 August 1901 on Britannic. No further details provided with ancestor registration.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Audrey Kennedy-Wright, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter

Name of Descendant: Rosemary Edwards, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Eric Edwards, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Elizabeth Edwards, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Marilyn Edwards, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Margaret Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter

Name of Descendant: Neville Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Vivienne Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Marion Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Ian Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Colin Sykes, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Meredith Kennedy-Wright, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand Daughter

Name of Descendant: Edward Kennedy-Wright, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson

Name of Descendant: William Kennedy-Wright, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson

Name of Descendant: Glen Kennedy-Wright, Aspley QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Glen Kennedy, Kenmore QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson

Name of Descendant: Oscar Kennedy, Kenmore QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson

Name of Descendant: Mat Kennedy, Kenmore QLD
Relationship to Ancestor: Great Grandson

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