Charles
Edmund
Fordham
Born in Fremantle, Western Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Edmund Fordham
and Jane (Daly) Fordham
Brother of
Gladys May (Fordham) Hicks, George Stanley Fordham, Olive Elizabeth (Fordham) Boys, Ethel May (Fordham) Campbell, Reginald James Fordham, William Henry Fordham, Alfred Herbert Fordham and Edna Jane Fordham
Died
at age 18
in Dernancourt, Somme, Picardie, France
Profile last modified
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Biography
Online birth records list his parents.
He attended Christian Brothers College at Fremantle and he excelled at athletics. After he left school, he worked as a clerk for the importer, D. and J. Fowler for four years.
He enlisted in WWI on 3/4/1916. S/N 6124 with the 16th Battalion. He departed Fremantle 9/8/1916 and disembarked in Plymouth 25/9/1916.
On 12/12/1916 he proceeded to France and was taken on strength on 19/12/1916.
On 6/2/1917 he was wounded in action with a shrapnel wound to the abdomen. He died the following day.
He was buried in Dernancourt Community Cemetery.
Sources
- West Australia BDM records. Birth reg 1315/1898.
- ::VWMA
- ::CWGC
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
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