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BALL, William George

Service Numbers:	2532, 2532
Enlisted:	13 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wraxall, North Somerset, England, 2 December 1894
Home Town:	Yelbeni, Trayning, Western Australia
Schooling:	Gloucestershire Council School, Kingswood, England
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 14 October 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XXXVIII, Row F, Grave No. 21
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kellerberrin RSL Honour Roll, Kellerberrin War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 44th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2532, 44th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2532 , 44th Infantry Battalion, Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Herbert and Charlotte A. M. Ball.