Thomas Lawrence BALL MID

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Service Number:	VX52296
Enlisted:	4 April 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia., 4 February 1903
Home Town:	Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 December 1943, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot JJ. Plot B. Grave 6. Personal Inscription ~ "ETERNAL REST GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD. R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Nagambie War Memorial, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX52296
4 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX52296, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
12 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX52296, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns
9 Mar 1945:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns

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