Hugh BALL

BALL, Hugh

Service Number: 4091
Enlisted: 20 September 1915
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 19 July 1894
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Wynnum and Coorparoo State Schools, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Railway Porter
Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 September 1974, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

20 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4091, 26th Infantry Battalion
28 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4091, 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A73' Commonwealth from Brisbane --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company)
4 Nov 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 4091, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Returned to Australia on HMAT 'A29' Suevic disembarking in Melbourne 10th September 1919

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