Harold Archurt Smith BALLARD

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BALLARD, Harold Archurt Smith

Service Number:	4730
Enlisted:	17 August 1915, Narrabri, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Gunnedah Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I. Row F. Grave 35.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah & District Great War Honour Roll A-K, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Public School WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Narrabri, New South Wales
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 2nd Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 54th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4730, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4730 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Allison Ballard

It appears that Harold's parents, Edward Ballard and Mary J (Marion Janet) Smith were married in 1898 in Narrabri (NSWBDM 8203/1898).

Statement, Red Cross File No 210704, 4775 Pte J. FEEHAN, 54th Bn (patient, Stirchley Hospital, Birmingham, England), 11 November 1916: 'On the 19th of. (sic) July 1916 at Vermelles Ballard was killed, shot whilst advancing beyond the German first line. I saw him shot. We left him there and later on retiring I saw him lying dead in a communication Trench.'

The AIF Project, UNSW (www.aif.adfa.edu.au)

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