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Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne
Town Hall, 333 Bay Street, Port Melbourne

Hall, George (825)

Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 18 years 1 month

Enlistment Details: Friday, 12 February 1915 – Melbourne, VIC

Service Number: 825 view online service record

Address:
Lima East via Benalla, VIC

Next of Kin:
Mrs F Gibsin (guardian)
81 Greville Street
Prahran, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 10 May 1915
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion

Fate:
DOW: Thursday, 27 April 1916
Place: France


George HALL AWM DA13727

Private, 22 Infantry, died of wounds 26 April, 1916, France, aged 19, commemorated Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

825  (Guardian : Mrs F GIBSON (parents deceased), born Port Melbourne Graham Street), educated  Nott Street SS.  He enlisted as an 18 year-old farmer at, Lima East via Benalla, his foster mother in Greville Street, Prahran as next of kin. She returned circular from South Yarra with Port Melbourne as the late serviceman’s place of association. Hall died from gunshot wounds to the face at the 8th Casualty Clearing Station)

Additional Research by Brian Membrey

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