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| Name | FORDE / FORD – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 28th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 724 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 29th September 1830 / 18 years 2 months / Newry Down Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fresh / Black / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales – 6 years 9 months East Indies – 5 years 5 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 3 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd June 1852 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1852-1854 Londonderry 1854 Turkey 1855 Londonderry 1855 Donegal 1856 Omagh 1861-1870 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PALMERSTON 11th February 1861 |
| Date/Place of Birth | June 1812 St Pauls Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | McGILLEN Sue (tentative) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 18th July 1853 Tyrone Donegal Ireland The handwriting is very indistinct and is transcribed as John Ward |
| Children by 1st Wife | Samuel James b 1855 Ireland M (Mary) Agnes Shinners nee Ryan Widow of EPG Daniel Shinners 14th December 1878 Albany WA D c1903 father John, Mother Susannah Gillan Thomas B 26th January 1860 Clinleigh (Lifford) Tyrone Donegal Ireland Father John Ford Mother Susan McGillian (sic) Sarah Ann B 6th April 1862 Rottnest Island Western Australia Father John Ford mother Susan McGillan (sic) Helen Johanna B 30th October 1864 Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | GILLAM James |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | BODDINGTON William |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1871 Albany Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th November 1870 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 John Ford 724, 28th Regt, Location Sydney, New South Wales WO12/4449 1851 John Forde, 724, 28th Regt, Location Manchester, WO12/ 4457 Reason for discharge: Chronic Rheumatism & chest affliction. Private John Forde suffered in the early part of his service from chest affliction. In Australia had bowel complaint and a severe injury of the leg received on duty. In India, in 1842, while on passage up the Indus, he was most active and humane in assisting the unfortunate suffers from cholera during that awful epidemic; and, though he escaped that disease, he was attacked, soon after, with severe fever; and was 2 months under treatment – had a relapse in/43 at Bombay, and again in /44. Since then, he has had severe local affections; and has latterly complained of much oppression in the chest, rendering him unable to carry his pack. From his age and service he is not likely, to be, again, efficient, and is, therefore recommended be discharged. His disability is attributed to climate and service, not to vice or intemperance. Conduct in hospital always good. Worldwide Army index 1851 Census HO 107/2224 Salford, Manchester, Lancashire John Forde, 38, Unmarried, Soldier, 28th Regt., Born Dublin, Ireland. In 1854 James Ford served with the Ambulance Corps in Turkey. The whole of his pension was to be paid to his wife (WO22/184) during this period. The Ambulance Corps was raised in 1854 for non- combatant service at the Crimean war battlefields they were former Army servicemen who had been discharged to pension. Consisting of four officers and two hundred other ranks and equipped with wagons for transporting the wounded and the necessary medical supplies they embarked at Woolwich on the 10th June 1854 for duty at Crimea where they were to act as stretcher bearers on the battlefield, provide transport for the sick and wounded from battle field to hospital, serve as hospital orderlies and servants for the medical staff. Totally untrained and already found unfit for service in the Army the Corps was not a success and within twelve months was disbanded the pensioners returned to the UK and their duties taken over by the Land Transport Corps and the Medical Staff Corps
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