Arthur HALL

Regimental number6/1551
Date of birth30 December 1891
Place of birthYorkshire, England
Other NamesWilliam Arthur
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressWaiuta
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 9.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Walter Hall, 102 Parke Street, Wombwell, Yorkshire, England
Enlistment date15 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Walter and Alice Hall, 104 Park Street, Wombwell, Barnsley, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Reported missing, 7 August 1915; subsequently reported wounded.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'No further evidence'.

All enquiries made in England: no trace.

Deputy Adjutant General, 3rd Echelon, ruled, 16 March 1916: ''Now wounded and missing. Believed dead'.

War service: 205 days (of which 113 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 16790199