Colin George BALL

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BALL, Colin George

Service Number:	QX9300
Enlisted:	17 June 1940, Kelvin Grove, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8 Division Signals
Born:	Southport, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1920
Home Town:	Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver - South Coast Dairy Co. Southport
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 4 June 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Southport Anzac Park Memorial Gates, Southport War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, QX9300
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Kelvin Grove, Queensland
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX9300, 8 Division Signals, Kelvin Grove, Qld.
4 Jun 1945:	Discharged

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Biography

8 Division Signals

Rank - Signalman

Son of William James Ball and Mary Ball, of Southport, Queensland.

BALL.— In proud and loving memory of our dearly loved eldest son and brother, QX9300, Signaller C. G. Ball, who died whilst P.O.W, at Sandakan on 4th June 1945.

To live in the hearts we leave
behind is not to die.
We will remember.

Inserted by his mother, father, brother and sisters, Brighton Parade, Southport.

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