BALL, Joseph
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Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Number:
6016394
Died :
Sunday, June 3, 1945
Died on war service
Age:
23
Cemetery/Memorial:
Fusilier Joseph Ball was shot and killed in circumstances that remain to this day somewhat lacking of any detailed account. It is thought that the fatal shot was fired by a patrol of the Dutch Navy. The Casualty Lists show 'Died Result of Accident".
Photos of his funeral are in our gallery [view......].
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/93.
Jack Bakker, Dutch Commando Museum.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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