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Military service
Service number:
81037
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
8th Bn.
Birth:
Birmingham, England
Enlistment:
Rosetown, Saskatchewan
Death:
July 26, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 35.
Additional information
Son of John R. and Ann Lee Ball.
Digital gallery of Private Frederick Draper Ball
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Memorial
Frederick's name is commemorated on the headstone at the grave of his mother and elder brother in Birmingham (Warstone Lane) Cemetery, Warwickshire. He was a farmer by occupation and enlisted on 22nd December 1914 at Winnipeg. -
Cemetery
This is a photo of the Catacombs at Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham which are near to the Ball family grave. -
Grave Marker
Photo courtesy Wilf Schofield -
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 697 of 1072. -
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Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Draper Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Draper Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Draper Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Draper Ball
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Draper Ball
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 4 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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