HALL, Lionel William Baird
(Service number 4/1081A; 4/541A)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Second Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 20 July 1893 | Place of Birth | Auckland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 8 August 1914 | Age | 21 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Arney Road Remuera, Auckland | ||
| Occupation | Surveyor, NZ Govt | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Thomas Hall (father) Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Auckalnd Infantry Battaltion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 8, 12 Star of India ,Waimana | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Engineers | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 June 1917 | Age | 19 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Motor Car Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru, Memorial Plawu, St Marks' Anglican Church, Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland; Geraldine War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Thomas and Helen Baird Hall, Arney Road, Remuera, Auckland.
Lionel's brother, Vincent John Baird Hall (1891-1915) died at Gallipoli, while another brother, Mervyn Thomas Baird Hall, also served but returned home. Mervyn later gifted a prize for senior history for Napier Boys High School in honour of his brothers. Many years later a former student purchased one of Lionel's medals that was for sale, and donated it to the school, where it is now mounted and displayed in the school library (2019).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records; Obituary: Chronicles of the NZEF 25.6.1919, p1; SCroll web submission by M Mowat, 23 June 2019
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