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Military service
Service number:
436610
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division:
38th Bn.
Birth:
February 25, 1889
Enlistment:
Edmonton, Alberta
Death:
November 18, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. A. 11.
Additional information
Son of William R. and S. Addie Ball, of Deer Mound, Alberta.
Brother of Private Samuel Warren Ball who died on June 26, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Herbert Franklin Ball
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Inscription
Cave drawing made by Herbert Ball while in France -
Photo of Bert Ball
Bert Ball joined the 51st Btn. in Edmonton, Alberta Jan. 26, 1915. Of the eight brothers and brothers in law, three did not return. -
Gravemarker
Photo courtesy of Gary Nelson -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 711 of 1072. -
Inscription
Private Herbert Franklin Ball His signature and regiment number as it appears at the Wellington Quarry Underground Museum or Carrière Wellington in Arras, France. The museum is named after a former underground quarry which was part of a network of tunnels used by forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Photo Source J Mechen_Nov 2021 -
Newspaper clipping
Clipping from a World War 1 issue of the Edmonton Journal c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Herbert Franklin Ball
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 50 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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