Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

03/07/1940

Date of Discharge

17/01/1947

Place of Enlistment

Paddington NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

11/09/1901

Place of Birth

Camperdown, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

La Perouse Street, Griffith ACT

Occupation

Public servant

Next of Kin

Mary Ward (wife), Stokes Crescent, Griffith ACT

Service Number

NX34515

Final Rank

Major

Final Unit

2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion

Ward was an accountant in the public service when he enlisted in 1940. He embarked for the Middle East two months later as a Corporal with the Australian Army Pay Corps and landed in Egypt in November 1940. By May 1941 he was a Staff Sergeant at Admin Headquarters in Gaza. Later that year Ward was promoted to Lieutenant and he returned to Australia in March 1942. In October 1943 he was transferred to the Military History Section at the War Memorial and by April 1946 he was OIC Historical Records with the rank of temporary Major. Ward was living in Lakemba in Sydney when he died on 10 August 1960.

Description - height 5 feet 1 inch, blue eyes, fair complexion, fair hair, Catholic. 

Department of Veterans Affairs WWII Nominal Roll 

NAA RecordSearch – Series B883 (Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947)
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php