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Charles Grieve Ball

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Serving with R- Patrol Oct 1940

"Curly" Ball

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Grieve AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    7423 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    In January 1943 his Parents Mr & Mrs J G Ball lived in Morningside Road Whangarei Public - Lew - Researcher - 13 November 2020 - Papers Past Northern Advocate 7 Jan 1943
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 6 Ripon Street, Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C. Ball (wife), 6 Ripon Street, Lyttelton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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Memorials

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 13 AWMM
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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13 November 2020LewWhangarei NZResearcher
15 October 2020JohnPebble Beach, California, USAResearcher

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