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BALLARD, Gordon Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX72759 |
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Enlisted: | 2 January 1942, Caufield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australian , 29 August 1910 |
Home Town: | Tangambalanga, Indigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Army Vehicle in Collision with a Train, Nungarin, Western Australia, 23 May 1944, aged 33 years |
Cemetery: |
Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Perth War Cemetery and Annex Plot Q, Row B, Grave 4 Roll of Honour Kiewa, Victoria, Australia, Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, VX72759 | |
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2 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Caufield, Victoria | |
20 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, VX72759 |
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Rank WO 2
Unit: 5 Vehicle Park Workshop
Son of Edward John and Florence Anne Ballard; husband of Bessie May Ballard, of Tangambalanga, Victoria.