Richard James HALL

Regimental number8/2341
Date of birth12 April 1888
Place of birthWoodville
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGertrude Street, Dannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 11"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs B J Rossiter, Gertrude Street, Dannevirke
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 February 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Sister: Mrs B.J. Rossiter, Gertrude Street, Dannevirke, Napier
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined unit, Anzac Cove, 28 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 178 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 16790357