FAIRHALL, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 2580 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, 9 April 1899 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Warners Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1952, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-08. 61. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2580, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2580, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2580, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2580, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
69 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 13th October 1952, Private William Thomas Fairhall, also known as Snowy, 32nd Battalion (Reg No-2580), labourer from 42 King Street, Newcastle, New South Wales and Jones Avenue, Warners Bay, N.S.W., father of five (Ray, Victor, Allan, Betty, Daphne), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 53. METHODIST 4-08. 61.
Born at Croydon, New South Wales on the 9th April 1899 to Thomas and Ada Annie Fairhall of 28 Sidney Street, Newcastle, N.S.W.; husband of Florence May Fairhall nee Durham (married 1922, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1976, 24 years a widow, sleeping here), Snowy enlisted July 1916 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W. (stated age 19 years, 3 months, actual age 17 years, 3 months!)
Admitted to hospital 4.2.1917 (influenza), 10.1.1918 (influenza and trench fever or enteric (typhoid) fever), 13.2.1918 (trench fever).
Admitted to ship's hospital 4.8.1919 (boils).
Snowy returned home fit and well August 1919, being discharged on the 28th September 1919.
Mr. Fairhall’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not located inscribed on any other War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies at Snowy’s gravesite in remembrance of his service with the 1st A.I.F.
Lest We Forget.
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