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HALL, Robert Stewart
(Service number 15169)

Aliases	Born Stewart Robert Hall. Died as Stuart Robert Hall
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	18/04/1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	6 April 1916	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	Loco Dept, Railways, Timaru; 19 Maitland Street, Dunedin
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	4th Otago, A Company
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Hannah HALL (mother), 19 Maitland Street, Dunedin
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6¼ inches. Weight 145 lbs. Chest measurement 32-35¾ inches. Complexion dark. Eyes hazel. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. good bodily & mental health. Slight defect but not sufficient to cause rejection - slight stammer. No fits. Fit.

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	15th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago 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	12 August 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	16 July 1960	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Stewart Hall was the son of John and Hannah Hall. He attended the Timaru Main School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0049291) [22 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [21 July 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 July 2016]; Evening Post, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [23 July 2016]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [23 July 2016]

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