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Harold Percival Nelson HALL

Regimental number504
Place of birthBathurst, New South Wales
SchoolGeorge Street Public School, Redfern, Sydney, New South Wales
OccupationMotor driver
Address77 Botany Road, Waterloo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height6' 1"
Weight161 lbs
Previous military serviceSt Georges English Rifle Regiment and 31st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces, for 5 years.
Enlistment date11 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAN&MEF (Tropical Unit), E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/112/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 19 August 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Tropical Force, Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force
FateDied of disease 20 January 1915
Place of death or woundingNew Guinea
Age at death22.2
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWaverley General Cemetery, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
187
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs A. HALL, 77 Botany Road, Waterloo, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: Sergeant F.G. Hauson, Soudan War. One of the picked New Guard of Honour at Carranathon for His Majesty, King Edward.
Other details

War service: Rabaul.

Embarked Sydney, 18 August 1914.

Died at Garrison Hospital, Victoria Barracks, Sydney, 20 January 1915, of malaria contracted at Rabaul.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HALL Harold Percival Nelson

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