HALL, Frederick George
| Service Number: | 760 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 November 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Portsmouth, England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Goroke, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 760, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Pera embarkation_ship_number: A4 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Pera, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 760, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...760 Private (later Trooper) Frederick George Hall, 8th Light Horse Regiment of Charam via Goroke, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Pera (A4) on 8 February 1915. He was killed in action on the Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey on 7 August 1915, aged 24. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
Private Frederick George Hall, killed in action, was born in Sussex, England. His father was in the British army......Resolved to follow in his father's footsteps, F. G. Hall entered the Duke of York's Royal Military School at Chelsea. Rising through successive ranks, he obtained a studentship, and, when the school was rebuilt at Dover, he moved with it.
After three years training as a student, he passed his final examination in July, 1912, but decided to come to Australia rather than pass into the Corps of Army Schoolmasters. He joined the service of this Department, being appointed temporary head teacher at School No. 2774, Kinimakatka, and afterwards occupying a similar position at School No. 2886, Yanac-a-Yanac North. He obtained the Second-class Certificate, and was appointed head teacher (permanent) at Schools No. 2780 and 3143, Charam and Jallakin. His reports show him to have been an earnest and zealous teacher, always bright, eager, and painstaking. His nearest relatives live in England.
He enlisted on the 4th of November, 1914, and embarked with the 8th Reinforcements to the 8th Light Horse Regiment. He proceeded from Egypt to Gallipoli, joined his unit on the 27th of July, 1915, and was killed on the 7th of August.
For some of the personal details set out above, and for the portrait reproduced, we are indebted to a personal friend and comrade of Private Hall - Mr. C. C. Harvey, a Master at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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