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H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour
Memorials to Men Lost in the Sinking of Hood, 24th May 1941
Updated 02-Jan-2007

In Remembrance of
GEORGE WILLIAM HALL

Service: Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: PAV8
Date Joined Hood: Unknown
Biographical Information: George was the son of Pritchard and Ada Hall, of Lower Mitcham, South Australia. George was educated at Adelaide High School followed by Adelaide University where he earned his Bachelor of Law degree. He served his articles as a solicitor with the firm of Newman,Gilman,and Sparrow, and later began practice on his own in the city.

George was one of six young men chosen from South Australia for the anti-submarine section in the R.A.N. being attached to the Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve. He later left Australia and joined the Naval College at Portsmouth.Three or four months later he was drafted to the sloop Beencathra and subsequently joined H.M.S. Hood. He was a close friend (but not a relation) of David Hall, also lost in the sinking. He was 23 years old at the time of his loss.

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