Eric Claude BALL

BALL, Eric Claude

Service Number: SX16058
Enlisted: 6 January 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mount Gambier, SA, 23 July 1914
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Printer
Died: 1 July 1981, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Carinya Gardens Cemetery, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Memorials: South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

6 Jan 1942: Involvement Corporal, SX16058
6 Jan 1942: Enlisted Wayville, SA
6 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX16058
4 Oct 1945: Discharged
4 Oct 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX16058, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Dulcie May BALL, Vesper Street, Mount Gambier, SA

Mr. Ball enlisted with the AIF in January, 1942. He served with the 10/48th Battalion, and the "Army News" in Darwin, spending three years in this area.
Mr. Ball was in the "blitz" on the Darwin area, seeing every big day raid with the exception of the first. 
Before enlistment Mr. Ball was a linotype operator and compositor, and has returned to linotype operating. He recommenced work at this office in October, 1945. Married before enlistment, Mr. Ball is now residing with his wife and daughter in Vesper Street, Mt. Gambier.

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