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Cenotaph record

Maurice James Dennis Ball

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Portrait, Maurice James Dennis Ball - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice James Dennis AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Denis AWMM
  • Service number
    447308 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 February 1923 AWMM Matakohe, Northland AWMM
    Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 November 1941 AWMM Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Clerk AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.L.M. Ball (mother), Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Student/Civilian AWMM
    Dargaville, Northland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Typhoid; Malaria; Gasritis; Contusion of wrist. Sergeant Ball was treated at 1 General Hospital (Helwan) and 2 General Hospital (Caserta). AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sergeant Ball was an instructor in Army Schools for three years.

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999. Name is spelled Denis on the Nominal Roll AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 March 2000 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 10 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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