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Flying Officer DESMOND ARTHUR JOHN WILLIAM BALL

Service Number: 171305
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

83 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY

VIII. D. 11.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Alice Ada Ball; husband of Louisa Victoria Rose Ball, of Edmonton, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 666
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