HALL, John Joseph
| Service Number: | 282 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1873 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1951, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Parkes Cemetery, NSW Plot: Portion: RC New Row: AG |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 282, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 282, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 1 Jun 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499 notes promoted to Lance Corporal. | |
| 27 Sep 1901: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 282, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499 notes severely wounded, Mokari Drift, Caledon River 27 Sep 1901. | |
| 14 Jan 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 282, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 129, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Fortunatus arriving Brisbane 7 Jan 1902, discharged 14 Jan 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Also enlsited for WW1 in NSW but was ruled out as medically unfit and discharged prior to embarking.
When John Joseph Hall enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his brother H. W. Hall, East Billabong Station, Parkes NSW. It appears that prior to enlistment John was in Qld at Townsville.
When he enlisted for WW1 at Parkes, NSW, on his Attestation Form dated 24 May 1916 he noted; he was born at Bathurst, NSW and was 43 years 3 months of age; he was married and a farmer at Bindogundra, Parkes, NSW; his N.O.K. was his wife Mrs. Minnie Elizabeth Hall,; and he had previously served in the Boer War with the Qld Imperial Forces.
John Joseph Hall was born on 11 Jan 1873 at Bathurst, NSW, a son to James Stephen (Joseph) Hall and Catherine Hall (nee Hogan). He married Minnie Elizabeth Alexander in 1905 at Molong, NSW, and they had 7 children while residing at Parkes.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 129; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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