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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ball, Ernest Smyth
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Description area
Dates of existence
1880-1917
History
Ernest Smyth Ball, 1880-1917, of Merritton, Ontario was a clerk and stenographer by trade. He received military training at the Royal School of Artillery at Kingston, Ontario in early 1901, and subsequently served with the South African Constabulary during the South African War. During First World War he served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was killed in 1917.