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HALL, Bertie
(Service number 15895)

Aliases	Enlisted as Bert Hall
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	21/07/1891	Place of Birth	Gapes Valley

Enlistment Information

Date	9 February 1916	Age	24 years 7 months
Address at Enlistment	C/o Thomas HALL, Gapes Valley, Geraldine
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	8th Mounted Rifles (still serving)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	T. HALL (father), Gapes Valley, Geraldine
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 11½ inches. Weight 12 stone. Chest measurement 37-40 inches. Complexion ruddy. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight, hearing & colour vision all good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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	13 September 1919	Reason	In consequence of being no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	18 April 1938	Age	45 years
Place of Death	Sunny Mental Hospital, Riccarton, Christchurch
Cause	Pulmonary tuberculosis
Notices	Timaru herald, 19 April 1938
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section. Row 150, Plot 694
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Bertie Hall was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hall. He attended Gapes Valley School. He was a brother of Arthur Hall who was killed in action in 1918, and also of Anthony Hall, Joseph Hall and Thomas Edward Hall who also served.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0049124) [22 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 July 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [21 July 2016]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [21 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 19 & 21 April 1938 (Timaru District Library) [22 July 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [23 July 2016]; Temuka Leader, 13 April 1897, 19 April 1898, 27 December 1900, Evening Post, 29 June 1917, 20 July 1917, 26 September 1918, Dominion, 30 June 1917 (Papers Past) [22 & 23 July 2016]

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