HALL, Norman Bruce
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Medical Officers |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 31 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, University of Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Doctor |
| Died: | London, UK, 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1917: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1917: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Excerpt from Blood Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australian who Served in World War 1. Courtesy of the Authors
Norman Bruce Hall was born on the 31st July 1893 in Norwood South Australia, the son of James Hall, the Chairman of the South Australian Racing Club. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide graduating in 1917.
Hall enlisted in the AIF and was commissioned on the 7th August 1917. He was 27 years old, single, no previous military experience and with his father of Beulah Road, Norwood as next of kin. He was 5ft 8ins tall and weighed 10st 5lbs. He could ride and was proficient in German. He was posted for General Duties. He embarked from Melbourne for the Middle East on 2nd November 1917. After two months at 14 AGH he was detached to the LH Details Camp at Moascar. He was posted to 1 LHFA in April 1918. He was detached to 3 LHR in the Jordan Valley in June and in July posted to 1 LHR. He did not return to 1 LHFA until February 1919. He was attached to 14 AGH in May 1919 until he sailed from Port Said for England via Taranto in July. He was give study leave from 21st July 1919 to 25th March 1920 to attend Queen Mary’s Hospital, Stratford in London’s East End, and the Chelsea Hospital for women, and Queen Charlotte’s Hospital. His appointment was terminated in 4MD on the 18th June 1920. He was issued with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
He returned to Australia in March 1920. Hall did not settle down in Australia, and in 1923 he returned to London and established a practice in obstetrics and gynaecology in the West End. In 1927 he married society authoress Viola Bankes. Norman Bruce Hall died in 1970 whilst living at Eton Place in London.
Sources:
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3007800.
Photo from the Adelaide University Archives, Graduates of July 1917.
Likeman R, From the Jungle to the Desert, Slouch Hat Publications, 2012.
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