Hall, William

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Hall, William

Service Number Number 4136 1494 Service in Action 19th May 1915 Killed Killed in Action 15th November 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula Flers, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Hall, William (Bill)

SERVICE NO

4136

UNIT

18th Battalion/10th Rienf.

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

22 yrs 2 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Lithgow, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

21 Oct 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Armidale NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

Nil

NEXT OF KIN

Mother;-Rachel Mary Mahony, Ferguson St. Glen Innes, NSW/Mann St Nth Gosford, NSW Father;- deceased.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’8½”. Weight-11st. Chest-35-37½”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Scar L/Thigh

RELIGION

C/E

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS DIED

15 Nov 1916-Flers, France, Shell Explosion on Longueval Rd. (hit abt 25 men, 5 killed 7 wounded).

BURIED

Longueval Road Milty Cem. Plot 1 Row G Combles.

MEDALS

British War Medal-34522, Victory Medal-34578 ? 34878. Memorial Plaque 310829 & Scroll-310828

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Disc, Belt, Metal Watch, 50 Centimes Note/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Miss Clarice Hall c/- Miss Mary Hanshaw Oliver St. Inverell. Mother/

Gosford Times 21st July 1916 Mrs Hall has three sons at the front, and it is understood that two of the three boys still at home are enlisting shortly.they have been eager to go this long time by. The Hall family lately acquired a block on the Murray Estate here, and it is the desire of the boys to help thier mother get things a bit ship shape before taking their departure.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3008175

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