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Herbert Joseph Hall

Service Number: 449
Rank: Private
Age: 21
Religion: C of E
Marriage status: Single
Calling/trade: Labourer
Address: 49 Raglan-street
South Melbourne Victoria Australia
Date joined: 19/08/14
*A.M.F. Unit:
Regiment: 5th Infantry Battalion

Embarkation

Date: 21/10/14
From: Melbourne
On number: A3
Name: Orvieto
Nominal Roll No: 23/22/1
Division C Company

Next of Kin

Name: Chas. Hall
Relationship: Father
Address: South Melbourne Victoria Australia

Payment

Before Embarkation
Rate per Diem Date to which paid
S D S D
5 0 20/10/14
After Embarkation
Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay Allotment in Australia per Diem Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay
S D S D S D
5 0 4 0 1 0
Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force
S D
1 0

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WWI Stories – Herbert Joseph Hall

Randal Young tells the story of his great uncle, Herbert Joseph Hall, who sailed on the Orvieto to Gallipoli. Herbert Hall was the seventh of 12 children, born in South Melbourne to Charles Melbourne Hall and Evalina Alice Napier in 1894. He joined the Australian Imperial Force on 19 August, 1914 aged just 21 years. [...]