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Off East Hainan island, Lat 18.0 N Lon 114.0E.
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Son of James Ball, and of Jane Ball, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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Memorial
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Being transported to Japan in the Rakuyo Maru, torpedoed and sunk on 12/09/1944 by US submarine Sealion off East Hainan island at around 5:00am. 1159 were lost.
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