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Charles Robert BALLARD

Regimental number3004
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolState School, Quarry Hill, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPacker's assistant
Address51 Wright Street, Albert Park, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs. M. Ballard, 51 Wright Street, Albert Park, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Date of death14 August 1916
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 13), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Mary Ballard, 51 Wright Street, Albert Park, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria

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