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Philip FORD
1914-2001
Thelma Eileen WILSON-
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| 8th child of Joseph Herbert FORD & Mary Florence JAMES |
| grandchild of Thomas FORD & Eliza Ann BATE |
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PHILIP & THELMA FORD
HAD 3 CHILDREN
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| Living Male |
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| Living Female |
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| Peter Michael |
1949-1969 |
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| NAME |
Philip FORD (Phil) |
| FATHER |
Joseph Herbert FORD |
| MOTHER |
Mary Florence FORD (nee JAMES) |
| BIRTH DATE |
22 October 1914 |
| BIRTH PLACE |
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| SIBLINGS |
Florence Ruby (Ruby) |
1899-1980 |
| Joseph Victor (Vic) |
1901-1977 |
| Myrtle Eliza |
1902-1994 |
| Caroline May (Carrie) |
1904-1980 |
| Ivy Jane |
1907-1994 |
| Henry William |
1909-2001 |
| Francis Thomas (Frank) |
1912-2009 |
| Lemuel Batey (Lem) |
1917-1997 |
| Norman (Norm) |
1919-1994 |
| EDUCATION |
Katandra State School No.1965 |
| OCCUPATION |
Farm worker at Harold and
Lil Walters at Dookie/Yabba Yabba
for 25 years |
| MILITARY |
WW2- AIF, Service No. V17145,
Private, 6th Australian Infantry
Training Battalion,
5 July 1941-26 March 1943.
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| SPOUSE |
Thelma Eileen WILSON |
| MARRIAGE DATE |
25 April 1942 |
| MARRIAGE PLACE |
St Augustine's Church
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. |
| DEATH DATE |
16 March 2001 |
| DEATH PLACE |
Kyabram Nursing Home, Victoria,
Australia |
| BURIAL DATE |
20 March 2001 |
| BURIAL PLACE |
Katandra Cemetery,
Section, C of E R3 G135,
Katandra, Victoria, Australia. |
| CAUSE OF DEATH |
Esophageal carinoma - 12 months |
| KNOWN RESIDENCES |
Ford Road Katandra |
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| Yabba North |
1936-1937 |
18 Callister Street,
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
1950 |
| Shepparton Caravan Park |
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Photo to the right
Phil, Norm & Lem
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Family Memories
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Picture to left and below
Newspaper Article
"Shepparton News"
22nd April 1998
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Picture to Right
Caravan Bliss
Philip Ford says he would not move from his caravan even
if he won Tattslotto
Philip Ford says he has everything he needs.
The 83-year-old lives in a small caravan at Shepparton's Victoria Lake Caravan Park where he tends to his vegetable patch. When he isn't at work in his garden, Philip sits outside his small van and enjoys a beer.
He chats with passers-by and enjoys the company of his two budgies. "I love the lifestyle," Philip said. " I come and go when I like. I spend a lot of time out in the sun, listening to the wireless. Even if I won Tattslotto I wouldn't shift. I bought the van for $1000 and carted it from Melbourne. It costs me $26:50 a week to live here. I buy a lot of my meals. The only draw back is I have to use the shower block. The small space suits me. There is no hard work or much housework inside". |
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Philip was born in Shepparton during the 1915 drought and was on the team which built the city's sewerage system manholes.
His working career also included managing a chaff cutter at Yabba North, Four years in the army at Caulfield, and managing flats at Thornbury.
He became a widower in 1950 when the youngest of his three children was 15-months-old. One of his children is now deceased and is buried at Katandra with Philip's wife, parents, and grandparents. "They call it Fords Corner" Philip said. "I try to visit them as much as I can" Philip has a daughter in Kyabram and a son in Kilsyth.
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| Death Certificate #7274/2001 |
