Second Lieutenant

Sydney William Ball

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

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

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
556529
Name:
Sydney William Ball
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
16 September 1915
Next of Kin: 
Mrs C.M. Ball (wife), 107 Duke St, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
52 Salisbury Road, Gisborne, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Motor-wrecker
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 24 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action - minefield casualty
Date of Death:
19 December 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VI, A, 14.
Cemetery Location: 
Italy
Sydney William Ball
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