William BALL

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BALL, William

Service Number:	1623
Enlisted:	8 October 1915, Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Taroom, Queensland, Australia, 6 February 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural Causes , Brisbane, Queensland , Australia, 8 October 1973, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD
Memorials:	Biggenden Residents of Degilbo Shire War Memorial, Coalstoun Lakes & District Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1623, 49th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland.
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1623, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1623, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
12 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
15 Apr 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion, GSW to the face.
24 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1623, 49th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia.

William Ball.

William Ball, a farmer from Coalstoun Lakes, near Biggenden Qld, joined the AIF on 8 October 1915.He was described on enlistment as 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 10 stone and as having blue eyes and brown hair. Ten days after he enlisted he married Alison Maude Horne, also from Coalstoun Lakes.

He served in France and was wounded several times. In August 1918, having suffered a compound fracture of the skull and losing an eye, he returned to Australia, arriving in October and being discharged on 30 November 1918.

He and Alison had 3 children, John, Nessie and Ann and lived at 24 Anzac Avenue Maroochydore after they left Coalstoun Lakes.
Courtesy of Bronwyn Gartside.

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