BALLE, Percy Tyris
| Service Number: | 3702 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Marist Brothers College Bendigo |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll, Bendigo Quarry Hill Methodist Church Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3702, 5th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3702, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3702, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jane BALLE, 214 Adams Road, Quarry Hill, Bendigo, Vic.
LETTER FROM PRIVATE BALLE.
On April 9 Private P. T. Balle wrote to his parents, of Adams road, Quarry Hill, stating that he was in France and well, after having a fine trip on a calm sea. The train journey in France occupied two days and two nights through beautiful green country, the scenery of which is much better than Egypt. The coast of France is very rocky and rugged. The country is hilly, and the villages are in the valleys. The roads, which, are as white as snow, are splendid. When he was writing Private Balle could hear the big guns roaring. He has since been wounded.
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