Informationen zu Geburt

Geburtsdatum:
01/07/1889
Geburtsort:
Cheshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Allgemeine Informationen

Beruf:
Berufssoldat

Informationen zum Armeedienst

Land:
New Zealand
Truppe:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Second Lieutenant
Dienstnummer:
30111
Einberufung datum:
25/07/1916
Einberufung ort:
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Einheiten:
 —  Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Informationen zu Tod

Sterbedatum:
04/10/1917
Sterbeort:
Otto Farm, Zonnebeke, Belgien
Todesursache:
Im Kampf gefallen
Alter:
28

Begräbnisplatz

Passchendaele New British Cemetery
Grabstelle: XI
Reihe: D
Grab: 5

Auszeichnungen und Orden 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Punkte von Interesse 3

#1 Geburtsort
#2 Einberufung ort
#3 Ort des Todes (ungefähr)

Meine Geschichte

Henry Johnson Hall was born at Cheshire, England and was educated at Manchester High School. Later on he studied French and German. His service record mentions that his declared date of birth was 1 July 1889 but that this was not supported by other statements and that the year of his birth may have been some years earlier.

He was first commissioned in the New Zealand Army on 11 September 1911, where he was appointed Second Lieutenant as a volunteer officer. He resigned this commission on 20 September 1912. On 14 October 1914 he enlisted in the New Zealand Temporary Staff as a Sergeant Instructor where he attained the rank of Sergeant Major. He made repeated efforts to join the Expeditionary Force and was accepted in his restored rank of Second Lieutenant. On enlistment Hall declared he had served for five years with the British Regular Army in England and South Africa.

Hall joined (A Company) the 3rd Battalion Auckland Regiment, 4th New Zealand Brigade, New Zealand Division. With his battalion he took part in the Battle of Broodseinde, a phase in the Battle of Passchendaele, on 4 October 1917. Together with the 3rd Bn. Otago Regiment, the 3rd Bn. Auckland Regiment was responsible to take the first objective near ‘s Graventafel. The advance started on time and after some resistance at Otto Farm the Brigade could move up to the red line and consolidate the first objective as planned. Second Lieutenant Hall must have died during this action and was initialy buried near Otto Farm (Sheet 28.D.14.d.9.9.). He is now remembered at Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Plot XI, Row D, Grave5.

Dateien 1

Quellen 2

Burton O.E., The Auckland Regiment, (Uckfield, Naval and Military Press, 2004), pp. 172-175.
Verwendete Quellen
McCarthy C., Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Uniform, 2018), pp. 112-113.
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