Regimental number | 3159 |
Place of birth | Orbost, Gippsland, Victoria |
School | Yarra Junction, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Launching Place, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22.6 |
Height | 5' 3.5" |
Weight | 121 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Alexander McKie Hall, Launching Place, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (lived in exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/77/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 37th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row D, Grave No. 9), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 128 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Rutherglen Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Alexander and Helen HALL, Launching Place, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3160 Pte Harry Albert HALL, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 April 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 16 December 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 February 1917, and marched into 15th Training Bn, Hurdcott. Found guilty, Windmill Hill Camp, 21 May 1917, of being absent without leave from midnight, 18 May, to 8 am, 21 May 1917: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited a total of 6 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 August 1917; taken on strength, 37th Bn, in the field, 1 September 1917. Found guilty, 17 September 1917, of being absent without leave from Reveille till 5 pm, 16 September 1917; awarded 5 days' confined to barracks, and forfeited 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant. Reported missing, Belgium, 12 October 1917. Court of Enquiry, 2 May 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917'. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, HALL Alexander Edward
Red Cross File No 1240511E |