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Military service
Service number:
685067
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
13th Bn.
Birth:
June 25, 1898
Enlistment:
Sherbrooke, Québec
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Charles Ballard, of Newbury, Berks, England, and the late Emily Ballard.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Ballard
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Sherbrooke Monument
Cover of the original program distributed at the unveiling of the Sherbrooke WWI memorial on November 7th, 1926, and two images of the monument. The monument was designed by Mr. G. W. Hill of Montreal, Quebec with bronze figures cast in Belgium and granite from the Stanstead district. The bronze Memorial tablet lists 249 names. -
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 771 of 1072. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
British Home Children Roll of Honour
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Memorial
Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Inscription - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Mourning Mother - Vimy Memorial … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Memorial
Albert Ballard British home child -
Memorial
Albert Ballard British home child
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Ballard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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