HALL, John Irwin
| Service Number: | 5544 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | "Abbey Green" Singleton, New South Wales, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, 13 January 1945, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Point Clare General Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Church of England section 6 - Row 2 Grave 38 |
| Memorials: | Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5544, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5544, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5544, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), "The Last Hundred Days", The 1st Tunnelling Company was the last AIF unit in action at the battle of the Sambre on 4 Nov 1918, under command of the British Army. |
Argus 20th February, 1919.
Coming Home: Mrs. J.I. Hall of Lindfield has been notified that her husband, Sapper J.I.Hall, of the 1st Australia Tunnelling Co. is returning by the "Ulysses due in Melbourne about 1st March. Sapper Hall, who is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hall of Broke Road, left Australia by the "Ulysses" in October 1916, was ill during the early part of last year and wounded on 20th October.
Thursday, 20th March, 1919.
Sapper Jack Hall arrived by the 4pm train on Monday after two and a half years service in France. He was met at the station by the reception committee and the band together with a crowd of friends and relatives. Mr.J. Searl, in the Mayor's absence, gave Sapper Hall a cordial welcome on behalf of the townspeople. Sapper Hall, who had been wounded in action was one of those gallant men, who gave his own blood for transfusion to save a comrade's life.
Submitted 25 April 2015 by Alison Ryan
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