Roland Grant Ward (abt. 1892 - 1915)

Born about 1892 in Manning River, New South Wales, Australia

Died 27 Aug 1915 at about age 23 in Gallipoli, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey

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Biography

Roland Ward is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Roland Ward was Killed in Action during World War I.

Roland Grant Ward was born in about 1892, the son of Edward Freer Ward and Mabel Eva Andrea Ward (nee Watts). He was a native of the Manning River district of the Colony of New South Wales, in what was soon to become Australia.

Sergeant Roland Grant Ward was killed in action in August 1915 at Gallipoli, Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Turkey. He is buried or at least commemorated at the LONE PINE MEMORIAL at Gallipoli. He had been a Sergeant in the A.I.F's 13th Australian Infantry Battalion and had enlisted on the 18th of January 1915.

Roland Grant Ward had been a promising cricketer with the Balmain Cricket Club in Sydney, New South Wales.

Sources

• New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages: BIRTH: WARD, ROLAND G. - registration no. 34601/1892 - father: EDWARD F. - mother: MABEL E. A. - district: TAREE. first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022 from the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages search at: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/births?

• NAA: B2455, WARD ROLAND GRANT His Attestation papers from the NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA. first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022.

• SERGEANT ROLAND GRANT WARD Service Number: 1907 from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/719535/roland-grant-ward/

• ROLL OF HONOUR Roland Grant Ward from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL website first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1668353

• Sergeant Roland Grant Ward from the AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL website. first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10271657

• Roland Grant Ward from the DISCOVERING ANZACS website. first accessed online on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/349593

• Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939) of Wednesday 13 October 1915, Page 16. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129345523/12824564

• Find a Grave, database and images accessed 28 August 2022, memorial page for Sgt Roland Grant Ward (unknown–27 Aug 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #56803131, citing Lone Pine Cemetery and Memorial, Gallipoli, Çanakkale, Turkey; Maintained by nettlyne (contributor 47486944).

• MEN OF THE DARDANELLES. from The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) of Saturday 25 September 1915, Page 15. first accessed on TROVE on the 28th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/239114675?searchTerm=R%20G%20Ward%20Cricket%20Dardanelles