| Regimental number | 15451 |
| Place of birth | Princes Hill, North Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| School | State School, Middle Park, Victoria |
| Other training | Mechanical Engineer, Working Men's College, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Address | 13A Lock Street, Camberwell, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 24 |
| Height | 5' 8.5" |
| Weight | 144 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Alfred George Hall, 13A Lock Street, Camberwell, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected for military service due to defective vision) |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Prahran, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Driver |
| Unit name | September 1916 Reinforcements |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/42/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Company Engineers |
| Fate | Died of disease |
| Place of death or wounding | Abbeville, France |
| Age at death | 27 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 14), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 24 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Rosa HALL, Public Works Department, Treasury Buildings, Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Carlton |
| Family/military connections | Uncle: 5834 Pte Arthur Wilson HALL, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 May 1917, died at Mont Park Hospital AGH No. 16, 15 April 1919, aged 46; 2nd Cousins: Captain Arthur Horace GIBSON, Australian Army Medical Corps, effective abroad (still overseas); 384 Lance Corporal Alexander Stewart BURTON VC, killed in action, 8 August 1915. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 7 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 21 November 1916; marched into Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport Details, No 3 Camp, Parkhouse, 22 November 1916. Marched out to Christchurch, 30 December 1916. Admitted to hospital, Brightlingsea, 17 January 1917; marched into Christchurch, 3 February 1917. Marched into No 4 Camp, Parkhouse, 28 February 1917. Found guilty, 10 April 1917, of being absent without leave from 2400 hours, 7 April 1917, until 2130 hours, 9 April 1917: awarded 96 hour detention, and total forfeiture of 6 days' pay. Proceeded overseas to France, 29 June 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 30 June 1917. Admitted to No 39 General Hospital, Le Havre, 6 July 1917 (gonorrhoea); discharged, 21 July 1917, and marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles the same day; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 16 days. Proceeded to unit, 2 October 1917; taken on strength of 9th Field Company, in the field, 12 October 1917. Transferred to, and taken on strength of 10th Field Company, 7 November 1917. Found guilty, 14 March 1918, of while on active service, disobeying the lawful command of his senior NCO: awarded 3 days' confined to barracks. Wounded in action, 14 August 1918; admitted to No 53 Field Ambulance, 14 August 1918, and transferred to No 12 Casualty Clearing Station the same (not yet diagnosed); to No 17 Ambulance Train, 16 August 1918 (ruptured membrane tympanum); to No 18 General Hospital, Camiers, 17 August 1918; to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 1 September 1918; discharged, 26 September 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, 27 September 1918. Proceeded to unit, 5 October 1918. Admitted to hospital while en route to unit, 8 October 1918; admitted to No 3 Australian General Hospital, Abbeville, 8 October 1918 (pyrexia of unknown origin). Died, No 3 Australian General Hospital, 17 October 1918 (broncho pneumonia; death due to exposure). Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, HALL George Mendelsohn |
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