John (Jack) HALL

HALL, John

    Service Number: 5711
    Enlisted: 12 April 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, August 1895
    Home Town: Penguin, Central Coast, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Tasmania, Australia, 31 January 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
    Memorials: Cuprona District HR, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5711, 12th Infantry Battalion
    8 May 1916: Involvement Private, 5711, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    8 May 1916: Embarked Private, 5711, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart
    29 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    7 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5711, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bullecourt (Second), GSW left arm
    18 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
    20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5711, 12th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW to back
    8 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5711, 12th Infantry Battalion, 6th MD - due to wounding at Battle of Menin Rd, 20/9/1917

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Narelle Howe, Tasmania in the Great War

    Pte John (Jack) Hall was born at West Pine near Penguin. Enlisted 13th April 1916 into the 12th Infantry Battalion, AIF. He developed measles soon after departing. In May 1917 he was shot in the arm. He rejoined and fought in the battle of Ypres. In September 1917 he suffered a gunshot wound to the back. Discharged June 1918. Died in January 1949 & was buried at Carr Villa.

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