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HALL, Thomas Edward
(Service number 78241)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	02/05/1876	Place of Birth	Hilton

Enlistment Information

Date	13 September 1917	Age	41 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Gapes Valley, Geraldine
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	South Canterbury Volunteers - disbanded
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Thomas HALL (father), Gapes Valley, Geraldine
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 144 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes grey. Hair dark. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart not normal. Lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Not free of varicocele. Varicose veins - slight. Vaccinated (right). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	39th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War 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	17 September 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 October 1952	Age	76 years
Place of Death	Leeston
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ellesmere Public Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Thomas Edward Hall was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (née Fawcett) Hall. Thomas, senior, and Elizabeth had married in June 1875 at Penrith, Cumberland, England. By 1876 they were in New Zealand where their first child, Thomas Edawrd, was norn on 2 May at Hilton, South Canterbury. He attended Hilton, Kakahu Bush and Gapes Valley schools. He was a brother of Arthur Hall who was killed in action in 1918, and also of Anthony Hall, Bertie Hall and Joseph 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 0049310) [22 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 July 2016]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [21 July 2016]

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