Reginald Arthur John BALL

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BALL, Reginald Arthur John

Service Number:	3597
Enlisted:	17 November 1917, Footscray, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	46th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Violet St State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Hindenburg Outpost Line, France, 21 September 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

17 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3597, 46th Infantry Battalion, Footscray, Vic.
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 3597, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 3597, 46th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3597, 46th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
21 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3597, 46th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal

R.A.J. Ball

Reginald Arthur John BALL was born in Bendigo Victoria, aged 19years 1 month on 17.12.17 and posted to 46Bn AIF. Depart Melbourne on 'Nestor' 28.2.18,Arrive Liverpool UK on 20.4.18. To France 18.7.18, joined 46Bn at the front 25.7.18. Killed in Action 21.9.18 at the Hindenburg Line. Commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial. His mother records on his Roll of Honour scroll, held by the Aust War Memorial, that he was a cousin of Captain W. Symons, Victoria Cross winner. His brother Pte W.G. Ball was KIA on Gallipoli 1915.

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