HALE, Walter Horace Elgar
| Service Number: | 815 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot LIX, F, Grave No. 45 |
| Memorials: | Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Lindisfarne Officers of the 12th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Perth St. George's Cathedral Choir Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 815, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 815, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 815, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 29 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 815, 12th Infantry Battalion, GSW Neck | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Henry and Mary Ann HALE of 35 Gatfield Street, Beaconsfield, WA
Took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and soon afterwards was erroneously reported as killed in action and mourned as dead for two months. He went right through the Somme campaign, where he gained his promotion, and participated in every engagement of the 3rd Brigade, until wounded at Fleurs in December 1916. On his recovery he was appointed Chief Drafting Officer, Perham Downs. He relinquished this position to rejoin his unit in May 1917, remaining with them until he was finally killed during the Broodesinde Ridge engagement.
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