Hall, Frederick
797 - Trooper Frederick Hall - 10th Light Horse Regiment & 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron
Frederick was born on the 17th May 1877 at Lechfield England to Elizabeth Hall.
He was educated in England and after leaving school Fred signed up for the British Army and served with 12th Lancers for eight years.
In the 1900's he arrived with his mother in Fremantle and they took up residence in George Street North Fremantle.
Frederick enlisted in the Great War on the 6th January 1915. He was accepted as fit for service with the medical examiner recording his physical attributes as;
Height - 5 feet 9 & 1/2 inches tall;
Weight - 156lbs;
Chest Measurement - 38-39 inches;
Complexion - Fresh;
Eyes - Hazel;
Hair - Brown;
Distinctive Marks - Tattoos of snake and eagle on left forearm and butterfly on right wrist.
Upon his successful enlistment Frederick was sent to Blackboy Hill Camp where he was assigned to the 3rd Reinforcements to the 10th Light Horse Regiment.
On the 19th February 1915 Frederick and the 3rd Reinforcements left from Fremantle Harbour aboard the transport ship Itonus and set sail for Egypt, arriving there in March 1915. After being disembarked Fred was sent to the Light Horse Training Regiment.
In May 1915 the 10th Light Horse embarked for Gallipoli but Fred would remain in Egypt for the next few months. On the 12th July 1915 he left Egypt and proceeded to Gallipoli where he was taken on strength of the 10th Light Horse Regiment.
Frederick served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment for the remainder of the Gallipoli campaign, seeing action at the Nek in August 1915 and Hill 60 in August and September 1915. It appears at some stage on Gallipoli Fred was moved to the machine gun section.
When the 10th Light Horse left Gallipoli in December 1915, Fred was still with them and then spent the first few months of 1916 with them in Egypt. He was then transferred to the 3rd Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron. He saw action with them at Romani and then at Magdhaba in December 1916 and Rafa in January 1917. He also participated in the action at Gaza in April 1917.
In August 1917 Fred was evacuated ill and was sent to a rest camp and then in October 1917 was transferred to the 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron. He served with them at Beersheba in October 1917 and Jerusalem in November 1917. He was then evacuated ill.
On the 2nd December 1917 he left Egypt aboard the transport ship Barunga at Suez and set sail for home, reaching Melbourne on the 28th January 1918. Fred then returned to WA and was discharged from the AIF on the 12th of March 1918.
After his return to Fremantle Fred applied to join the Royal Australian Navy and was accepted. On the 22nd April 1918 he was taken on service at the Naval Office in Cliff Street Fremantle. This service with the Royal Australian Navy lasted through to 1934.
During 1923 he lost his papers and medals during a house fire in Thompson Road North Fremantle and he wrote to the army authorities for replacements. He stated he needed his medals for ceremonial occasions in the Navy.
Frederick Married Amy Clough in Fremantle in 1921.
The navy records state that Fred was living at 143 Glyde Street East Fremantle during the late 1920's. (later renumbered 79 Glyde Street).
Fred was discharged from Navy in 1934. Unfortunately his wife Amy died the same year on the 26th November.
During his Navy service Fred received his long service and good conduct medal which would now be worn with his Great War campaign medals.
Frederick died in Rockingham on the 29th June 1946. He was buried in Fremantle Cemetery Plot Anglican Mon AA 0366.