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BALL, Francis James
(Service number 21772)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15/02/1884	Place of Birth	New South Wales, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Gladstone Hotel, Fairlie
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Harold SAUNDERS (friend), Fairlie, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Labourer

Death

Date	17 May 1971	Age	87 years
Place of Death	Thames
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Totara Memorial Park, Thames
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis James Ball was a labourer for Mr J. Saunders, Pleasant Point, when he enlisted. He left Timaru with the South Canterbury quota of the 16th Reinforcements on 3 May 1916.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 May 2019]; Find a Grave [22 May 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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