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Edward Cecil Ball

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_003. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_003. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Cecil AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ40749 AWMM
    • WWII 40749 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 March 1910 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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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Flight Lieutenant Ball was the son of Edward and Amelia Matilda Ball; husband of Joy Ball, of Lower Edmonton Middlesex.

    Barrass, M.B. (2001- 2008). Web site: Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. "Squadrons numbered in the 400 series were technically units of the RCAF, RAAF and RNZAF, but their members were placed under the operational control of the RAF and are usually considered to be part of the RAF's organisational structure". URL: http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn485-490.htm AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    9 October 1943 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maldon Cemetery, Essex, England AWMM Row 61. Grave 94. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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26 June 2022KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher

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