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Military service
Service number:
424540
Age:
33
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regt.)
Birth:
February 8, 1883
Enlistment:
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
Death:
August 12, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. K. 6.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Mary Ball, of London, England; husband of Helen Amy Ball, of Carman, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Private William John Ball
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
Digital gallery of
Private William John Ball
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 50 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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