Albert Ballinger

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164667

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Soldiers' Plot, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Somerset

Birth city:

Bath

Address at enlistment:

34 Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

34 Erie Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Labourer

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX July 22, 1943

Albert Ballinger

Albert Ballinger, 124 Gilkison Street, passed away Wednesday at the Brantford General Hospital in his seventy-sixth year. Mrs. Ballinger predeceased him in January, 1942. Surviving are one son, George Ballinger, overseas, who was attached to the Provost Corps, one brother, John Ballinger Brantford; one sister in England and four grandchildren. Mr. Ballinger was a veteran of the First Great War and a member of the local branch of the Canadian Legion. He is resting at Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home until Friday afternoon when the funeral service will be conducted. Interment will be in the Soldiers’ Plot, Mount Hope Cemetery.

BX July 24, 1943

Albert Ballinger

The funeral of Mr. Albert Ballinger, 124 Gilkison Street, was conducted from the Thorpe Brothers’ Funeral Home on Friday. Rev. K.L. Miles Pastor of the Central Baptist Church was in charge of the service. Pallbearers were B. Twindale, C. Clark and F. Balson, representing the Local Canadian Legion and W. Mulrain. W. Prince and R. Brown. Interment was in the Soldiers’ Plot at Mount Hope Cemetery. “The Last Post” was sounded by Lance Corporal W.A. Bessant, No. 20 C.A.B.T.C.