William Herbert Crampton HALL

HALL, William Herbert Crampton

Service Number: NX51242
Enlisted: 26 June 1940, Paddington, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 March 1909
Home Town: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bank clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 20 January 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Sp Mem "C", 19.C.6 standard white cross
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, NX51242, Paddington, New South Wales
26 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX51242, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
20 Jan 1942: Involvement Corporal, NX51242, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore

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Biography

Son of Ernest Thomas and Annie Jean (nee Black) Hall.  Father worked for Victorian Customs Dept. and moved around a lot.  He became Comptroller General of Customs in Canberra, C.B.E. (qv).Brother Thomas Ernest Hall b. 1907 served RAAF No. 255245. Possibly educated Wesley College, Melbourne like his younger brother Howard.