Soldier profiles

Name : BALLARD, ALFRED REGINALD
Service Number : NX87520
Date of Birth : 18/07/1908
Place of Birth : MARRICKVILLE, NSW
Known as : ALF
Occupation on Enlistment : BUTCHER & DRIVER
Date of Enlistment : 04/02/1942
Locality on Enlistment : KOGARAH, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : BALLARD, KATHLEEN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 21/11/1945
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4644248 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/06/1960 p6

Background : Husband of Kathleen Maude. Married with 3 children. Previous military experience : Australian Military Force 5 years 45th Battalion as a Private, 1 year with V.D.C. as a Private.

Service & personal summary At discharge : grey eyes, brown hair. Marks / scars : right hernimhaphy scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. 04/02/1942 to 21/11/1945 which included 1387 days active service (1117 days within Australia & 201 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area, embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 10/02/1944. War badge no. A138867. Discharge certificate no. 259361.

Service record.
04/02/1942 Marched into General Details Depot Sydney, New South Wales.
04/02/1942 Taken on strength 9 Pioneer Training Battalion from General Details Depot.
06/02/1942 Granted leave without pay from 06/02/1942 to 12/02/1942.
13/02/1942 Marched out to 9 Pioneer Training Battalion Sydney, New South Wales.
14/02/1942 Applied special group III (butcher).
17/03/1942 Next of kin change of address.
22/04/1942 Next of kin change of address.
12/07/1942 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
14/07/1942 Taken on strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
23/11/1942 Graded group II cook.
29/01/1943 Entrained for 3 Military District (New South Wales).
26/03/1943 Entrained for 1 Military District (Queensland).
29/05/1943 Evacuated from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 6 Casualty Clearing Station with Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (U.R.T.I.) and transferred to X list.
13/06/1943 Discharged from 6 Casualty Clearing Station to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion and struck off X list.
25/07/1943 Embarked Townsville, Queensland on H.M.T. Duntroon.
28/07/1943 Disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea.
01/07/1943 Promoted to Corporal.
23/10/1943 Promoted to acting Sergeant.
23/10/1943 Rank of Sergeant confirmed.
06/11/1943 Transferred to Australian Army Catering Corps and posted to attached strength 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
07/12/1943 Evacuated to 2/4 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station with malaria.
09/12/1943 Evacuated from 2/4 Field Ambulance Main Dressing Station to III Casualty Clearing Station and transferred to X list.
21/12/1943 Discharged from III Casualty Clearing Station to 7 Division Rest Camp.
27/12/1943 Taken on strength from 7 Division Rest Camp to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
08/02/1944 Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea on H.M.A.S. Kanimbla.
10/02/1944 Disembarked Townsville, Queensland.
02/05/1944 Medical classification assessed as 'B' (constitutional) 'medically fit for all duties which require only restricted medical fitness' by medical board.
06/05/1944 Confirmed by Director of Medical Services 1 Australian Army.
27/05/1944 Evacuated to 116 Australian General Hospital Queensland with malaria (benign tertian) and transferred to X list.
30/05/1944 Evacuated from 116 Australian General Hospital to 2/2 Australian General Hospital.
08/06/1944 Discharged from 2/2 Australian General Hospital to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
09/06/1944 Taken on strength from 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion.
12/06/1944 Marched out from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion to 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp for re-allocation.
13/06/1944 Marched into 2 Australian Corps Reception Camp.
21/06/1944 Marched out to 16 Australian Personnel Staging Camp for re-allocation.
24/06/1944 Marched out to 13 Australian Personnel Staging Camp for re-allocation.
02/07/1944 Marched out to 41 D.C.R.E.
03/07/1944 Taken on strength from 13 Australian Personnel Staging Camp to 41 D.C.R.E.
07/07/1945 Admitted 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital with (furunculosis right auditory meatus) ex leave.
15/07/1945 Transferred to 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital for 7 more days and transferred to X list.
23/07/1945 Discharged from 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital (acute furunculosis right auditory meatus) to leave.
23/07/1945 Resumed leave on discharge from 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital and struck off X list.
20/08/1945 Admitted 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital ex leave (furuncle right auditory meatus).
28/08/1945 Retained 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital over 7 days and transferred to X list.
06/09/1945 Discharged from 12 Australian Convalescent Hospital (furuncle right auditory meatus) to resume leave and struck off X list.
05/10/1945 Transferred to holding strength General Details Depot New South Wales Lines of Communication pending discharge.
21/11/1945 Discharged due to demobilization.