HALL, Thomas Armstrong
| Service Number: | 2199 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Warwick, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian Remount Unit |
| Born: | Fermanagh, Ireland, 28 April 1857 |
| Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
| Died: | Industrial accident (fell), Giru, Queensland, Queensland, Australia, 22 June 1922, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
West End (Old Townsville) Cemetery, Qld |
| Memorials: | Warwick War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2199, Warwick, Queensland | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2199, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2199, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 31 May 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2199, 2nd Australian Remount Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Enlisted aged 58 years.
"Informauon of a fatal accident which occured at Haughton River Sugar Mill was received by Inspector Carmody on Thursday. A telephone message received from the police at Giru stated that the engineer of the sugar mill had reported that at 5.20 an engine-driver named Thomas Armstrong Hall, whilst engaged in oiling portion of the machinery, had fallen from from a height of about 9ft., head foremost, on to the concrete floor. He received injuries to his head from which death resulted shortly afterwards. The deceased was about 54 years of age, and had relatives in Australia, but their ad-dress was not known. Letters read-dressed from Warwick were found in possession of deceased and inquiries by the police elicited the fact that his wife and family reside about seven miles from Warwick. The body was brought to town by the Ayr train on Thursday morning, and he being a member of the Masonic, the body will be interred with Masonic ceremonies. He was a returned soldier, having been attached to No. 2 Australian Impreial Remount Unit." - Townsville Daily Bulletin, Friday 23 June 1922, page 4 (nla.gov.au)
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