The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 1161A Trooper (Tpr) Frederick Francis Ford, 7th ...

Accession Number P03569.041
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Port Said
Date made c 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The original grave marker, covered in flowers, of 1161A Trooper (Tpr) Frederick Francis Ford, 7th Australian Light Horse, of Glen Innes, NSW. Tpr Ford enlisted on 12 October 1915 and embarked from Sydney aboard SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915. He died of wounds in Egypt on 23 November 1917 aged 28 years.