HALL, Ernest Victor
| Service Number: | 840 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 March 1916, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tunbridge, Tasmania, Australia , 24 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Tunbridge, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 14 February 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 30. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 840, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 840, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 840, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Victor Hall was the son of Charles James and Jane Hall of Tunbridge, Tasmania. His younger brother 2346 Private John Hall 40th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Passchendaele on 13 October 1917, aged 22.
Ernest was severely wounded in the abdomen during a raid conducted by the 40th Battalion near Armentieres, France on 13 February 1917 and died of wounds the next day. He was buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery at Armentieres.
On 24 April 1919 Mrs. Jane Hall wrote to the AIF from Tunbridge, Tasmania, “I am writing to ask you if it would be possible for me to have my son, Lance Corporal E.V. Hall who died of wounds in France on Feb. 13th 1917, dug up from his grave and brought over here to me so that I could have him buried here. I am enclosing herewith a letter from the chaplain stating where he is buried, I will pay all the expenses that it will cost for bringing him over. Kindly write and let me know soon as possible, I am yours waiting reply, Mrs. C.J. Hall.
Jane Hall got quite a long explanation from Major Lean, along the lines of “the Imperial War Graves Commission have formed the opinion that this will not be practicable….It is hoped, therefore, that you will not press your wishes in this matter but will be satisfied to leave your son with the comrades buried with him in the Field.”