LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Samuel James HALL
Service No: 63408
Born: Bellingen NSW, 30 March 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 March 1942
Unit: No. 9 Airfield Construction Squadron, Rapid Creek NT
Died: Ground Accident, Parap NT, 11 May 1944, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Theodore George and Helen Mary Hall; husband of Myrtle Merliss Hall, of Dorrigo, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Dorrigo NSW
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Dorrigo Monument, Dorrigo NSW
On 11 May 1944, Leading Aircraftman Hall, a Plant Operator, was on duty in the Parap quarry when he was fatally injured by a rock thrown from a blasting operation.
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, 166/17/581
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line