HALL, Albert Ernest
| Service Number: | 10272 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Burnley, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Burnley State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10272, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 10272, 10th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 10272, 10th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 10272, 10th Field Company Engineers, Bullecourt (Second), GSW (legs and right arm) | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 10272, 11th Field Company Engineers, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 10272 awm_unit: 10 Field Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The Richmond Guardian reported on 2 June 1917 that after many exciting escapes, Sapper Albert Ernest Hall died on 3 May of wounds received in action in France. He was the youngest son of Mrs. Hall, of 227 Barkly Avenue, Burnley and the late Mr. Chas. Hall.
On one occasion, with two other soldiers, Hall was carrying in a wounded comrade, and when returning to their own trenches they were caught in the barbed wire entanglements. Crawling out, another soldier cut the wires and released them, but before this could be done, two of the men fell wounded. Hall reached the trenches unharmed. No mention of this was made by Hall in his letters home, but a friend gave an account of the incident.
Later, Hall was with a number of friends when a shrapnel burst. All the others were wounded, some fatally, but Hall was again unscathed.
But his turn came, and Sapper Hall made the great sacrifice. He was 27 years of age. Sailing for the front on June 20, 1916, he had been away nearly 12 months. He had been serving in France since November. An old boy of Burnley school, Sapper Hall was a carpenter by trade. For six months prior to enlisting he was employed on transports.
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