HALL, William Namoi
| Service Number: | 1136 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916, An original of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1890 |
| Home Town: | Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Suicide, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 26 September 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Manilla Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1136, 33rd Infantry Battalion, An original of D Company | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1136, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1136, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William fought at the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. In the Red Cross files, he gave evidence for mate’s death.
Informant; 1136 Private William Naomi Hall, ‘We had just reached our objective during the battle of Messines when Private: 1276 Hampton Willis was shot by a sniper. I saw him carried out and did not see him again. He and I were snipers to the Battalion and used to work together.’
William himself was buried by shell fire on several occasions during the battle and was evacuated with concussion.
William returned to Australia on the 31st October 1917 suffering from shell shock and continued treatment at the No:4 Australian General Hospital at Randwick, N.S.W. He had his War Pension Claim rejected on the 25th of April 1918 and married Kate Hall during August 1918. He was still being treated when he died in a Sydney hospital from injuries received by jumping from a window on 26 September 1918. He was buried in the Manilla Cemetery. He is not remembered on any other memorial.
Two brothers also served: 430 Pte Colin David Hall, 33rd Battalion, killed in action 12 October 1917; 2nd Lieutenant Alfred Claude Hall, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 30 January 1918.
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