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BALLARD, Herbert Edward
Service Number: | 4501 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 1879 |
Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Natural Causes, 20 March 1953, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Row 11; Grave 58 Section: KO, Road: 11, Site No: 58 |
Memorials: | Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
26 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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16 Dec 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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16 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide | |
11 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4501, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Father and Mother Mrs Charlotte Ballard, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Brother in service: #2885 Sydney Arthur Ballard
Described on enlisting as 37 years old; single; 5' 2 1/2" tall; 119 lbs;
fresh complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England
3/2/1916 Completed medical - fit for service
26/8/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide
16/12/1916 Embarked out of Adelaide (Outer Harbour) on board HMAT A35 Berrima
Private in the 32nd Battalion, 12th Reinforcements
16/2/1917 Disembarked into Plymouth, England
30/6/1918 Returned to Australia
Medals:
British War medal (16603); Victory medal (18351)
11/10/1918 Discharged from service
Total service: 2 years 47 days (overseas 1 year 263 days)
20/3/1953 Herbert passed away
buried in: AIF West Terrace Cemetery
Row 11, Grave 58
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23 October 2014. Lest we forget.