Ward, Samuel

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SURNAME

Ward

NAME

Samuel

PLACE OF BIRTH

Wostershire. England

OCCUPATION

Cane farmer

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Cairns, Qld

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

28-10-16

NEXT OF KIN

Wife, Jane Elizabeth Ward, Waldmoor, North Bromsgrove, Wostershire, England. (later corrected to Worcestershire).

At marriage, she was 38.

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

His address on aif.adfa.edu.au is Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

26th Battalion AIF

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

19-04-19

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked on Wiltshire 7-02-17. British War Medal and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Cane farmer Samuel required extensive dental treatment on enlistment.

Two months after arrival in Belgium, he was hospitalised with frostbite or trench feet for four months.

Two months after returning to his unit in France, he suffered a shotgun wound to the chest in July 1918, but he rejoined unit in September and was wounded again on 3 October by a shotgun wound that fractured his leg.

His right leg was amputated through the knee 5-10-18 in France, then amputated through femur 28-10-18.

He was discharged and returned to Australia on 19 April 1919 and waited a year for an artificial limb

SERVICE NO

6639

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