LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ernest Mervyn HALL
Service No: 130691
Born: Mosman NSW, 12 March 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 February 1943
Unit: No. 1 Transportation and Movements Office
Died: Ground Accident, near Newcastle NSW, 31 October 1945, Aged 34 Years
Buried: Newcastle (Sandgate) War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ernest Edward and Marion May Hall; husband of Ena May Hall, of Mosman
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: St Clements World War II Roll of Honour, Mosman NSW
Remembered: The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall, Sandgate NSW
On 31 October 1945, Warrant Officer Donrick Daniel Rogan (4612), a Fitter Driver Motor Transport and Leading Aircraftman Hall, a Driver Motor Transport, were killed in a road accident when a tender in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph pole while in a convoy travelling from Sydney to Brisbane.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/1510
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line