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BALL, Herbert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6222 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 March 1916, Cairns, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, 12 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Chillagoe, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 January 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Atherton War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chillagoe War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6222, Cairns, Queensland | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6222, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6222, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 5 Jan 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6222, 9th Infantry Battalion |
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