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Military service
Age:
37
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Railway Troops
Division:
7th Bn.
Enlistment:
St.Catherines, Ontario
Death:
July 31, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of John Clement and Frances Jane Ball; husband of Lulu May Ball, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Lieutenant Ball also served in the South African Campaign.
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Attestation Papers
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Cemetery
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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 689 of 1072. -
Memorial
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
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Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
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Lieutenant Ernest Smyth Ball
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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