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Derek Stewart Ball

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Derek Stewart AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ426237 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 February 1923 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Jean; father of Robyn, Kinloch, Lorraine, Graham AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 May 2008 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 May 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Burrowes, D.M. (Ed.). (2006). 489: an unofficial history of No. 489 Torpedo Bomber Squadron, RNZAF, 1941 to 1945. Nelson, N.Z.: D.M. Burrowes. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Burrowes, D.M. (Ed.). (2006). 489: an unofficial history of No. 489 Torpedo Bomber Squadron, RNZAF, 1941 to 1945. Nelson, N.Z.: D.M. Burrowes. AWMM
      Burrowes, D.M. (Ed). (2006). p. 106, 204 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 27 May 2008 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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