Lance Corporal Ernest Swannell Hall
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hall,
Ernest Swannell
Date of birth: 1896-04-10
Place of birth: Lancashire England
Next of kin: Parents: Samuel & Elizabeth Hannah Hall, Burton, BC
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Rancher
Address:
Burton, BC
Religion: Wesleyan
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Sp. Mem.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 442388
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(54th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lance Corporal, 54th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: During the attack on Vimy Ridge, he was instantly killed by enemy shell fire
Commemoration location: Nelson, BC Cenotaph
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
440248
Service file: B3940-S012
Uploader's Notes: Originally reported as died on April 10, 1917, but I have documentation to say he died on the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge April 9, 1917
I am his niece.
I am his niece.
Uploader's Research notes:
54th Battalion Nominal Roll
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2007-12-31
Last modified: 2018-04-26