HALL, Thomas Miller
Service Numbers: | N296706, NX178679 |
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Enlisted: | 1 February 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6 Machine Gun Battalion AMF later 2AIF |
Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1912 |
Home Town: | Guy Fawkes, Guyra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia, 9 July 1997, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Dorrigo Cemetery, New South Wales |
Memorials: | Ebor & Guy Fawkes District War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
1 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N296706, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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10 Mar 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX178679, 6 Machine Gun Battalion AMF later 2AIF | |
7 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX178679, 6 Machine Gun Battalion AMF later 2AIF |
Dramatic rescue
DRAMATIC RESCUE
Quick action on the part of a 45 year old ex-serviceman a Ebor resident, Thomas Hall saved the lives of two Ebor Misses Kath Gerrard and, Heather Miller who had been swimming in the Ebor River.
Hall had jusi returned from Wollomombi and had called into the residence of Mr Cox, a retired mill worker for cup of tea.
On hearing screams from a group of women and children Hall ran 100 yards to the river hank, stripped to his underclothes and jumped in, swimming 25 yards to where the girls, clinging to each other were drifting into deeper water.
Hall brought the girls into shallow water and after the rescue they were given first aid by former bush nurses.
Submitted 1 March 2024 by Jason Hall