BALL, Robert John Trembath
| Service Number: | 4748 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1917, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , July 1886 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Summer Hill & Canterbury Public Schools, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Correspondence clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 February 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot 31, Row G, Grave 33, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rozelle Sydney Harbour Trust Officers and Employees Pictorial Honour Board, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4748, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4748, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 11 Feb 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 4748, 30th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (head) | |
| 21 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4748, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4748 awm_unit: 30th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-02-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
BALL - In fond memory of my dear husband and my daddy, Robert John Trembath Ball (Bob), died of wounds at Etaples, France February 21, 1918.
Left behind we wait in trust,
Till the resurrection day.
Father, in thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
Inserted by his loving wife, Winifred, and little daughter, Audrey.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Robert John Trembath BALL was born in Sydney in 1886 under the surname BALLS - he served under BALL
His parents were Robert BALLS & Sarah GRAYTHER who married in Sydney in 1882
Member of the Prosperity 278 Lodge
He married Winifred Gladys GARDINER on 3rd April, 1912 in St Andrews Cathedral, Sydney - one daughter Winifred born 1914
Robert died of wounds in France on 21st February, 1918 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery
"Until the day breaks & all the shadows flee"
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