Abe BALLARD

BALLARD, Abe

    Service Number: 409
    Enlisted: 18 September 1914, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
    Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, Newton, New South Wales
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds - head and hand, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 June 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Rev. Lee Warner officiated Panel 45, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 409, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bundaberg, QLD
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 409, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 409, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    1 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 409, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 409 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-06-01

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Abe Ballard of Kilarney, South Queensland

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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