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Lance Bombardier JOHN HENRY BALL

Service Number: 5186123
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY

VI. C. 26.

Italy

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and 1st Special Air Service Regiment, A.A.C.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest George and Ethel Anne Ball, of Northwick, Gloucestershire.
  • Personal Inscription HAPPY AND SMILING ALWAYS CONTENT LOVED AND RESPECTED WHEREVER HE WENT
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Buried or commemorated at

SALERNO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1855
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