Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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HALL, ERIC ARTHUR

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PORTRAIT OF 1218 SERGEANT ERIC HALL, 52ND (LATE 12TH) BATTALION, DIED OF WOUNDS, 1917-10-18.

Mrs. E. Crooks of Hobart has received the following letter from Company Sergeant-Major Jamieson regarding the death of her son Sergeant E. A. Hall:-

"Dear Mrs. Crooks, On behalf of the sergeants of this company allow me to offer our deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your son, Sergeant E. Hall. All are very sorry that he should be called from us all, as he was held in admiration and was looked up to by not only his fellow sergeants and men, but by his officers also. He has very much endeared himself to his men who always held him in the greatest respect, and were only too willing to do anything he told them. He had just come back with a wiring party from in front of the firing line, and was nearly back to his trench (support), when a shell hit right in the midst of them, killing two men and wounding Eric. This happened just before daylight on the 18th inst. He died during the afternoon at the dressing station. He was buried by our padre. We are all sorry for the loss of your son in more ways than one. Ho was looked upon as the best sergeant we had in the company. He always set a splendid example to the men he had under him and others, by his cool bearing and the upright manner in which he always conducted himself. Having had close acquaintance and friendship with your son ever since the battalion was formed, I can assure you I feel the loss of 'Joker,' as he was known to all, and his place will be very hard to fill. Allow me once again to offer you the deepest sympathy of the fellow sergeants of his company, and trust you will be comforted by the fact that your son died a soldier and a gentleman in every sense of the word."

The Mercury 6^th February 1918

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