58th Battalion
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John Kennedy Ballhausen (SN 2850) born in Ballarat, was a 28 year old saw miller when he enlisted at Ballarat on August 2nd 1915. He embarked aboard the Ulysses on October 27th and sailed to Egypt where he was assigned to the 58th Battalion. He reached France in June 1916 and on July 19th he suffered a severe gunshot wound to his foot during the tragic attack at Fromelles. He was returned to Australia aboard the Ayrshire, disembarked at Melbourne on July 17th 1917 and was discharged on September 1st ‘medically unfit, gunshot wound left foot’.
His brother Louis also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.
