Background
Ward was born in Petersham, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney and Brisbane Grammar Schools then the University of Sydney (Bachelor, 1900. Bachelor of Engineering, 1903) where he was taught by Edgeworth David.
Ward was born in Petersham, New South Wales and was educated at Sydney and Brisbane Grammar Schools then the University of Sydney (Bachelor, 1900. Bachelor of Engineering, 1903) where he was taught by Edgeworth David.
Ward work for Broken Hill Proprietary then at the Western Australian School of Mines, Kalgoorlie, from 1903. In 1919 he became secretary to the minister of mines.