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Son of David and Mary Ball. Husband of Josephine Ball, of Scarborough, Ontario.
He was one of 53 Canadians who lost their lives on July 4-5, 1943. They were travelling in convoy KMS-18B on their way to Sicily, Italy, for Operation Husky. Three ships (City of Venice, St. Essylt and Devis) were torpedoed and sunk by Germans u-boats in the Mediterranean Sea near Alger, Algeria.
Digital gallery of Signalman Harold Allan Ball
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Cassino Memorial
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14) -
Cassino War Cemetery
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010 There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14) -
Cassino War Cemetery
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14) -
Cassino War Cemetery
Photos taken during RCR and Signallers Battlefield Tour October 2010.<P> There are now 4,271 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated at Cassino War Cemetery. 289 of the burials are unidentified ( Signallers Panel 14) -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
Digital gallery of
Signalman Harold Allan Ball
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 133 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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