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Squadron Leader WILLIAM ARTHUR COLEMAN BALL

Service Number: 39786
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

156 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 09 March 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY

18. C. 1.

Germany

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William Coleman Ball and Winnie Ball.
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Buried or commemorated at

RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3339
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