HALL, Geoffrey Dennison
| Service Number: | 18468 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 9 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Armidale College, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Shrapnel burst - mortar bomb, France, 24 February 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Plot IV, Row F, Grave 43 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newcastle (Gardner Memorial) War Memorial, Newcastle Surf Club Life Saving Brigade Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, SN 18468, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, SN 18468, 7th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, SN 18468, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 26 Nov 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 24 Feb 1917: | Involvement Gunner, SN 18468, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 24 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 24th February 1917, Gunner Geoffrey Dennison Hall, 3rd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column (Reg No-18468), surveyor from "Hillside", 24 Tyrrell Street, The Hill, New South Wales, was killed in action, age 21.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 8th August 1895 to Alfred Francis (died 1937, CATHOLIC 2-31. 01.) and Edith Isabella (died 1936, ANGLICAN 1-16. 17.) Hall nee Jones, Geoffrey enlisted January 1916 with the 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade at Sydney, N.S.W.
Mr Hall is resting at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France. Plot IV Row F Grave 43.
Geoffrey’s name has been inscribed on the Newcastle Collegiate School Roll of Honour, Gardner Memorial, Newcastle Surf Club & Life-Saving Brigade Honour Roll (photos, unveiled on the 14th July 1918, 194 names now inscribed, 24 Fallen) and the Book of Gold.
Geoffrey’s father Alfred Francis Hall died on the 6th November 1937, and was buried at Sandgate Cemetery on the 7th November 1937. His obituary described him as the “father” of Newcastle surveyors, recognised as an authority of engineering and land matters.
Sadly, for over 83 years now, Mr Hall is still resting in an unmarked grave at the cemetery, so to honour the supreme sacrifice of his son Geoffrey, November 2017 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. CATHOLIC 2-31. 01.
Lest We Forget.
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