George Harold HALL

HALL, George Harold

Service Numbers: 1767, 1541
Enlisted: 12 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 14th Machine Gun Company
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 2 July 1893
Home Town: Woolloomooloo, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Bourke Street School, Woolloomooloo
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Died of wounds, Bullecourt, France, 10 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt
Plot III, Row A, Grave 14, Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt, Bullecourt, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

12 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1767, Liverpool, New South Wales
10 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1767, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
10 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1767, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
26 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1767, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
24 Jul 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1767, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (eye)
11 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company
26 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company
2 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company
26 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Machine Gun Company
9 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1541, 14th Machine Gun Company, Bullecourt (Second), 2nd occasion - Shell wound (thigh)

A brief background on George.

George the youngest child of Thomas and Harriet Hall was born in 1893. After his mother’s death in 1898 he was largely raised by his older sister Fanny. Fanny’s son James Hall who was only a few years younger than Georges died at Fromelles on 19th July 1916, aged 18. He enlisted in 1915 at the start of the First World War. He was wounded at Gallipoli and later returned to service in France where he died at the second battle of Bullecourt, France on 10th May 1917. As George died of wounds soon after being injured, he has a marked grave. He is buried in the Vraucourt Cemetery.
Hall, George Harold Number: 1541 Rank: Serjt Unit: 14th Coy Australian Machine Gun Corps Service: Army Conflict: 1914-1918 Date of Death: 10/05/1917 Place of Death: Cause of Death: Died of wounds Memorial Panel: 178 Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 1486 Vraucourt Copse Cemetery Next Of Kin: Place Of Enlistment: Woolloomooloo, NSW Native Place: Notes: HALL, Serjt. George Harold, 1541. 14th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 10th May, 1917. Son of the late Thomas and Harriett Hall. Born at Sydney, New South Wales. III. A. 14.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Read more...

A brief background on George.

George the youngest child of Thomas and Harriet Hall was born in 1893. After his mother’s death in 1898 he was largely raised by his older sister Fanny. Fanny’s son James Hall who was only a few years younger than Georges died at Fromelles on 19th July 1916, aged 18. He enlisted in 1915 at the start of the First World War. He was wounded at Gallipoli and later returned to service in France where he died at the second battle of Bullecourt, France on 10th May 1917. As George died of wounds soon after being injured, he has a marked grave. He is buried in the Vraucourt Cemetery.
Hall, George Harold Number: 1541 Rank: Serjt Unit: 14th Coy Australian Machine Gun Corps Service: Army Conflict: 1914-1918 Date of Death: 10/05/1917 Place of Death: Cause of Death: Died of wounds Memorial Panel: 178 Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 1486 Vraucourt Copse Cemetery Next Of Kin: Place Of Enlistment: Woolloomooloo, NSW Native Place: Notes: HALL, Serjt. George Harold, 1541. 14th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 10th May, 1917. Son of the late Thomas and Harriett Hall. Born at Sydney, New South Wales. III. A. 14.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Read more...

A brief background on George.

George the youngest child of Thomas and Harriet Hall was born in 1893. After his mother’s death in 1898 he was largely raised by his older sister Fanny. Fanny’s son James Hall who was only a few years younger than Georges died at Fromelles on 19th July 1916, aged 18. He enlisted in 1915 at the start of the First World War. He was wounded at Gallipoli and later returned to service in France where he died at the second battle of Bullecourt, France on 10th May 1917. As George died of wounds soon after being injured, he has a marked grave. He is buried in the Vraucourt Cemetery.
Hall, George Harold Number: 1541 Rank: Serjt Unit: 14th Coy Australian Machine Gun Corps Service: Army Conflict: 1914-1918 Date of Death: 10/05/1917 Place of Death: Cause of Death: Died of wounds Memorial Panel: 178 Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 1486 Vraucourt Copse Cemetery Next Of Kin: Place Of Enlistment: Woolloomooloo, NSW Native Place: Notes: HALL, Serjt. George Harold, 1541. 14th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps. Died of wounds 10th May, 1917. Son of the late Thomas and Harriett Hall. Born at Sydney, New South Wales. III. A. 14.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Read more...

Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of the late Thomas and Harriett HALL. Born at Sydney, New South Wales.