Dr Firth Harold Ward
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Dr Firth Harold Ward
Born: 4 July 1918
Died: 1963
Age: 45 Years
Epitaph
Dr Firth (Hal) Ward was the popular local Balgowlah, Sydney, veterinarian.
Description
The headstone, together with the inscription, was erected by his only son, award-winning journalist Jens Ward, some 40 years after his death. Sadly, Dr Ward took his own life at Glenorie, NSW, circa 1963. His skeletal remains were found by surveyors working in dense bushland several years after his death. His son, together with Robbie Stoddart who was a surveyor schoolmate of his, retraced his father's last footsteps after getting the co-ordinates of where the remains were found from the coroner's report. An article about his death titled In The Name Of The Father won best feature story...
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Additional data from member contributors
BillionGraves.com record for Dr Firth Harold Ward (4 July 1918 - 1963), BillionGraves Record Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery, Frenchs Forest, Northern Beaches Council, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
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