Ford, Curtis, 1888 - 1919

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Name Curtis Ford, 1888 - 1919BiographyDate of Birth: 1 August 1888, Southport (Qld.) Date of Death: 16 June 1919 Buried: Gayndah Cemetery, Queensland Curtis was born at Southport in 1888 and his parents were Arthur Ford and Julia Sandy. His sister, Mrs Lena Bostock of Beaudesert, Queensland, was listed as next of kin. Curtis was working as a stockman when he enlisted August 1915 aged 27 and re-attested January 1916. Before leaving Brisbane with the 15th Battalion, Curtis contracted Pneumonia at the Enoggera Camp in Brisbane which left him with a cough and a pain in his side. On arriving in Egypt in May 1916 with the Battalion he was diagnosed with Bronchitis and admitted to No. 2 Australian General Hospital at Alexandria. He was then admitted to the Ras-el-tin Convalescent Hospital at Alexandria in June with suspected Tuberculosis. He returned to Australia where he was discharged suffering from Tuberculosis in October 1916. Curtis died in June 1919.Birth date01 August 1888Death date16 June 1919

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Ford, Curtis, 1888 - 1919