Forenames

Walter James AWMM

Surname

Ballard AWMM

Service number

WWI 28648 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

13 Sept 1887 AWMM

Date of birth

• Probably 13 September 1873 as per UK birth certificate
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - UK General Record Office Index Entry Walter James Ballard: Sep Qtr 1873: Hitchin: Volume: 3a Page: 320
• 13 September 1887
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Place of birth

• Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK
  Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - UK General Record Office Index Entry Walter James Ballard: Sep Qtr 1873: Hitchin: Volume: 3a Page: 320
• Nelson NZ
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Birth notes

Born prior to arrival in NZ

Public - Paul - Researcher - 10 December 2018 - Walter was 9 months old on arrival in NZ according to the passenger list of the Strathnaver 1 June 1874

Next of kin

J. Ballard (father), 138 Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 28648 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Fruit grower/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Death

30 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age  40 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Spring Grove Memorial Nelson NZ
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - on site

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275323
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738520/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738520
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 3
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.