HALL, Charles
| Service Numbers: | 15211, 363 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Wesley Vale, Tasmania, Australia, 9 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 9 February 1947, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2 O A 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sassafras Methodist Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 15211, 13th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 15211, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 15211, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 15211, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, GSW right Foot | |
| 13 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 15211, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , 6th MD |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Mar 1923: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 363 | |
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| 5 Mar 1923: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 363, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 363 |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for; - 15211 & 363 Warrant Officer Charles Hall of Latrobe, Tasmania and North Williamstown, Victoria, had been employed as a labourer when he enlisted for War Service on the 12th of October 1915, and was allocated to reinforcements for the 13th Field Artillery Brigade 1st AIF.
Charles was embarked for Egypt and further training on the 4th of May 1916 and following his arrival he was sent to the Artillery Training School at Tel-el-Kebir.
Having completed his course of instructions Charles was embarked for England on the 1st of August for further training, arriving on the 10th of September. With his training completed, Charles was shipped over to France where entered the ‘Bull Ring’ at Etaples on the 9th of January 1917.
With his final phase of training completed, Charles was officially taken on strength with the 14th Field Artillery Brigade in the field on the 29th of January. Aside a short period of further training at the 2nd Army Training School, Charles’s service in the trenches would be continuous until he was evacuated as wounded in action on the 3rd of November, having received shrapnel wounds to his right foot and suffering from the effects of gas poisoning.
Charles was embarked for hospitalization in England on the 21st of November, but his wounds received would prevent him from returning to France, and he was instead embarked back for his repatriation to Australia as an invalid at the start of April 1918.
Following his return to Australia Charles received his official discharge from the 1st AIF for his re-entry into civilian life on the 13th of December 1918.
In 1923 Charles joined the newly created Royal Australian Air Force, after having become an electrician following his discharge from the 1st AIF. Charles service with the permeant RAAF would be continuous, and would see him still in service at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Charles served within Australia during this new world conflict, and he was still in service with the RAAF by the conclusion of the War, after which he remained on duty.
For his valued contribution to the RAAF, Charles received the Long Service and God Conduct Medal, and had been promoted to Warrant Officer.
In February 1947 whilst posted to the RAAF Station at Laverton, Victoria, Charles was evacuated for hospitalization due to illness, and was still being treated at the 6th RAAF Hospital (Heidelberg), when he succumbed to illness on the 9th of February 1947. Charles was aged 55 at the time of his premature passing.
Following his death whilst still in the service of the RAAF, Warrant Officer Charles Hall, a wounded veteran of the ‘Great War’, and who had served again for the duration of the Second World War, was formally laid to rest within Springvale War Cemetery, Victoria.
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