Regimental number | 1218 |
Place of birth | Hobart, Tasmania |
School | Trinity School, Hobart, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Linotype operator |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mrs Alfred Cooks, 20 Mary Street, North Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets, Hobart |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 52nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He died on the was to the Dressing Station. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave NO. 2), Zillebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 155 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Son of Mrs E. CROOKS, 20 Mary Street North Hobart, Tasmania, and the late John HALL. Also recorded in Memorial Register No. 29, The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
Family/military connections | Yes, brother to the Late L/Cpl Norman Hall who was killed in actionand buried 1 1/4 miles north east of Pozierres on august, 13th, 1916. |