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HALL, William Joseph
(Service number 36442)

Aliases	Born Joseph William Hall. Enlisted as William Hall.
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	07/07/1880	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	20 September 1916	Age	35 years 9 months
Address at Enlistment	Washdyke
Occupation	Carpenter & Cook
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. L. John (friend), Railway Hotel, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 151 lbs. Chest measurement 36-39 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes green. Hair black. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth bad. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Teeth require attention, can be done in camp.. Varciose veins both legs. Operation scar for hernia. Scars upper & outer side right leg.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Auckland Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 November 1919	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for war service (Comp not given).

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 November 1949	Age	73 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 21 November 1949
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section Row 101, Plot 11
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Joseph William Hall was born at Timaru, the son of William and Anna Hall, both of whom were British by birth.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0049333) [22 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 21 November 1949 (Timaru District Library) [22 July 2016]; Evening Post, 19 December 1917 (Paperrs Past) [23 July 2016]

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