HALL, Colin David
| Service Number: | 430 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, An original of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Manilla, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Manilla Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 430, 33rd Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 430, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 430, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 430, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 430 awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His two brothers, 1136 Pte. William Namoi Hall also of the 33rd Battalion, returned to Australia, 31 October 1917 with shell shock and other problems and died in hospital during September 1918. The other brother, 2nd Lieutenant Alfred Claude Hall, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 30 January 1918 after suffering a severe gunshot wound to his chest.
A letter from the CO of the 33rd Battalion appeared in the Daily Observer Tamworth, 19 February 1918.
Mrs. R. N. Hall has received the following letter from Lieut.-Col. Morshead relative to the death of her son, Pte. C. D. Hall, ‘My dear Mrs. Hall, I very deeply regret having to write to you of the death of your gallant son, No. 430 Private Colin David Hall. He was killed in action in the battle of Passchendaele, the third battle of Ypres, on October 12. Throughout the eleven months he served with us in the field, he did exceptionally good work. By his manliness, his soldierly qualities, his high sense of duty and his thoroughness; and by his courage and coolness in action, he set us all a splendid example. We mourn more than can be expressed the death of such an admirable comrade. officers, non-commissioned officers and men all join me in offering you and your family most heartfelt sympathy in the great loss you have thus sustained.’
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