Service Numbers: 1336, 3753
Enlisted: 28 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kensington Park, South Australia, 25 August 1896
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation: Hotel Porter
Died: Died of wounds, France, 24 June 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot IV Row A Grave 11, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Enlisted: 28 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kensington Park, South Australia, 25 August 1896
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation: Hotel Porter
Died: Died of wounds, France, 24 June 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot IV Row A Grave 11, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Service Numbers: 1336, 3753
Enlisted: 28 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kensington Park, South Australia, 25 August 1896
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation: Hotel Porter
Died: Died of wounds, France, 24 June 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot IV Row A Grave 11, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Enlisted: 28 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 32nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kensington Park, South Australia, 25 August 1896
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation: Hotel Porter
Died: Died of wounds, France, 24 June 1918, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery
Plot IV Row A Grave 11, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Inscription
Personal inscription: - "NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
NEARER TO THEE"
Gravesite Details
Private, 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Died of wounds. Son of Edward Henry and Clare Gertrude Balls, of Maitland St., Mitcham, South Australia. Native of Adelaide. Age: 21 years.
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