Henry George FORDHAM

FORDHAM, Henry George

Service Number: 3
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1879
Home Town: Herston, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 May 1943, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
Plot: MON-1-67A-4
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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry George Fordham served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 103, 2nd Queensland Mounted Infantry. Second service was as a Private rising to Sergeant then back to Corporal S.N. 3, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen.

His younger brother Edward Arthur Fordham (Private S.N. 297) also served with him in the 5th QIB.