Service Details
Name:
 HALL
Given Name:
 CHARLES EDWARD
Initials:
 C E
Service No:
 141666V
Rank:
 Captain
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Date of Death:
 1944-07-23
Other Casualties on this Date
Date of Birth:
 1911-09-10
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, while trying to disarm a new type of anti-tank shear mine. The mine exploded, killing both Capt C. E. Hall and Major R. G. Kennedy.
Decorations:
 M C
Citations:
 LG Sup 18 February 1943 - "In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period May, 1942 to October, 1942"
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles William and Mary Hall; husband of Ethel Marion Elfreda Hall (nee Oatley), of 52, Vause Road, Durban. Born in Poona, India. A sub-editor at the "Natal Mercury" newspaper. He had 2 sons.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
Other Casualties commemorated in Italy
Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. C. 5.

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