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Anthony Basil HALL

Regimental number213
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
SchoolSt Peters Collegiate School, Adelaide, S.A.
Other trainingAdelaide University - Engineering School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrical engineer
AddressArgent Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Anthony James Hall, Argent Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceHe was a Sergeant in the 78th Infantry Citizen Forces, Adelaide
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name10th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularKilled by Shrapnel whilst attempting to rescur a wounded comrade.
FateKilled in Action 18 May 1915
Place of death or woundingShrapnel Gully, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 21), Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Anthony and Florence HALL, Park Mansions, Park Street, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Broken Hill, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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