Douglas Henry (Doug) HALL

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HALL, Douglas Henry

Service Numbers:	Q3939, 126667
Enlisted:	20 March 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
Born:	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia, 22 September 1920
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Esk and Stanley River State Schools, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Aircraft Assembler (Beaufort Division, Newport Workshops)
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1974, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kilcoy Cemetery, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia
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World War 2 Service

20 Mar 1941:	Involvement Q3939, RAAF 126667 4/2/43-2/5/46
20 Mar 1941:	Enlisted
4 Feb 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 126667, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots
2 May 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 126667, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Leading Aircraftman Douglas Henry Hall (Service No:126667) first served in the Militia (Trooper; Service No:Q3939) with 2/14th Light Horse Regiment in QLD before enlisting in the RAAF at No 1 Recruiting Centre Melbourne on 4 February 1943 as an Aircraftman I - mustered first as Trainee Technical and re mustered as Electrician and then Electrical Fitter. LAC Hall was attached to 3 Aircraft Depot at Discharge on 2 May 1946.

Born in Toogoolawah, QLD in 1920, Doug was fifth of eight children of William (Willie) Hall (b1888 in Bryden, QLD) and Gladys Smith (b1888 in Esk, QLD). Willie (a Labourer) and Gladys married in 1912 in Esk, and in 1916 Willie had joined QGR as a Railways Worker. Willie and Gladys lived in Esk, Toogoolawah, Yimbin via Esk before settling in Kilcoy.

Doug worked as a Farm Hand in Kilcoy, QLD before moving to Melbourne, Victoria where he was working as an Aircraft Assembler (Newport Workshops Beaufort Division). Following his Discharge, Doug settled in Melbourne - living with younger brother Henry and working as an Aircraft Assembler, Electrician and Draftsman. In the 1960s Doug moved to Brisbane, QLD where he joined the Public Service as a Mail Officer with the Postmaster Generals Department until his death in 1974.

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