William Morison BALL

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Service Number:	NX87976
Enlisted:	9 February 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1917
Home Town:	Eastwood, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Scrub Typhus /Malaria, New Guinea, 11 December 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section B, Plot 2, Row B, Grave 20. Personal Inscription ~ "HE DIED FOR US. GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eastwood War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX87976
9 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX87976, 2nd/25th Infantry Battalion

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