HALL, Wilfred Edward
| Service Number: | 7484 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 February 1917, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tinana, Queensland, 14 February 1899 |
| Home Town: | Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Tinana State School and Maryborough State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 8 October 1955, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tinana War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7484, Maryborough, Queensland | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7484, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7484, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 23 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion, 7484 | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Wounded Private, 7484, 15th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Gas | |
| 29 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7484, 15th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
At the time that 7484 Pte. Wilfred Edward Hall embarked for overseas service, his father 2430 Pte. Edward Hall (/explore/people/176569) (who died of illness on 16 Apr 1919 in England) had already been more than a year at the front.
"HALL, Wilfrid Edward. Private, No. 7484, 15th Battalion. Born and educated at Tinana, Maryborough. He is the son of Edward Hall and the late Minnie Hall, of Childers, Qld. Enlisted 16th February, 1917, and went to camp on 14th March, 1917. Attached to the 15th Battalion. Sailed for England 14th June, 1917, and arrived 26th August, when he went to Salisbury Plain. He went to France 22nd January, 1918, and went into action. He was gassed 24th August, 1918, and was returned to Australia 2nd March, 1919, and was honourably discharged 29th March, 1919." - from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War
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