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Sydney William Ball

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney William AWMM
  • Surname
    Ball AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    556529 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 September 1915 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Gordon Taylor BALL and of Alice BALL (nee Kelly) Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/sydney-william-ball
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 52 Salisbury Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs C.M. Ball (wife), 107 Duke St, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    556529 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    - minefield casualty AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Gordon Taylor Ball and of Alice Ball (nee Kelly); husband of Hilda May Catherine Ball, of Colville, Auckland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    19 December 1944 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI, A, 14. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    \Second-Lieutenant S. W. Ball, who is reported to have been killed in Action. was the husband of Mr. H. C. M Ball, of 10 Duke street, Mount Roskill, Auckland. He was aged 29 and was educated at the Gisborne Central School and the Gisborne High School. He left New Zealand in July, 1943. alter serving for some years in the Territorial Forces. Second-Lieutenant Ball resigned a Territorial commission to go overseas end was later commissioned on active service. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 June 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21605, 6 JANUARY 1945, PAGE 4
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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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
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Burdon, R. (1959). p.297 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
14 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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