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Cenotaph record

Charles Lyndsell Ball

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  • Service number
    62489 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Charles Linsel AWMM
    • Lyn AWMM
    • Charles Lindsell Ball AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Portrait of Charles Lyndsel Ball. Image kindly provided by Mary Green (October 2021).

Portrait of Charles Lyndsel Ball. Image kindly provided by Mary Green (October 2021).

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Lyndsell AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Charles Linsel AWMM
    • Lyn AWMM
    • Charles Lindsell Ball AWMM
  • Service number
    62489 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 October 1917 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Maungaturoto, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.J. Ball (mother), Pukatere, Matakohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    62489 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ivy, and the father of Pam, Marion, and Karon.

    Named Charles Linsel on the Nominal Roll. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 April 2008 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Waipu, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maungaturoto Lawn Cemetery, View Road, Maungaturoto, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 April 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 20 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 19 April 2008 AWMM

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