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Albert HALL

Regimental number1566
Place of birthAllendale, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinSidney B Hall, 6 O'Brien Street, Ballarat East, Victoria
Enlistment date26 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 21 January 1916
Discharge date9 October 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined 8th Bn at Gallipoli, 8 May 1915.

Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915 (diarrhoea), and transferred to Mudros. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 12 September 1915 (enteric fever, dangerously ill). Discharged to Convalescent Camp, Port Said, 28 December 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HMT 'Commonwealth' for 3 months' change, 21 January 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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