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Francis Ball
First Name:
Francis
Middle Name:
H.
Last Name:
Ball
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Employer: formerly a teacher at the Horner Military school
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Biographical Notes:
Returned to Charlotte where he will teach military tactics at the Horner Military school.He has been desperately wounded twice and suffered greatly from being gassed and from shell shock. He is a veteran of two wars. He went to Canada in July, 1915 and went to France with a draft of new men. A water oak was planted on the grounds of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Charlotte in 2/1919 in his honor.
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Parents: Rev. W. H. Ball - Monroe
Siblings: 4 sisters living in England - brother in the states -
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Military Details
Military Rank:
Lieutenant
Military Unit:
Canadian regiment 'The Princess Pat'
Military Details:
Boer War in South Africa; Ypres;
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The Charlotte News, 9-1-1918; The Charlotte Observer 2/21/1919, p. 10