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Frank Hall

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Frank Hall

Birth
Saint Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada
Death
2 Feb 1920 (aged 28)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 74
Memorial ID
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Regimental Number 43994. Gunner. Canadian Field Artillery. Canadian Expeditionary Force. A hostler (groom or stable hand) by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on Sept. 24, 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada.

Gunner Frank Hall is commemorated on Page 549 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

Son of Mary Helen Hall and Willard S. Hall of 246 Maine Street, Calais, Maine.

Died in the War. Cause of death: phthisis, which is pronounced "tie sis" and is an archaic term for tuberculosis.

With thanks to Donald Thompson:
From the Colorado Springs Gazette, Saturday, Feb. 7, 1920, p.3
"The funeral of Frank Hall, who died of tuberculosis last Monday (Feb. 2, 1920), will be held at St. Stephens Episcopal Church as 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Members of the American Legion will act as pallbearers, and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Hall was gassed while in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was while his health was thus impaired that he contracted disease which caused his death."
Regimental Number 43994. Gunner. Canadian Field Artillery. Canadian Expeditionary Force. A hostler (groom or stable hand) by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on Sept. 24, 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada.

Gunner Frank Hall is commemorated on Page 549 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance.

Son of Mary Helen Hall and Willard S. Hall of 246 Maine Street, Calais, Maine.

Died in the War. Cause of death: phthisis, which is pronounced "tie sis" and is an archaic term for tuberculosis.

With thanks to Donald Thompson:
From the Colorado Springs Gazette, Saturday, Feb. 7, 1920, p.3
"The funeral of Frank Hall, who died of tuberculosis last Monday (Feb. 2, 1920), will be held at St. Stephens Episcopal Church as 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. Members of the American Legion will act as pallbearers, and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Hall was gassed while in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was while his health was thus impaired that he contracted disease which caused his death."

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  • Created by: MKC
  • Added: Jun 5, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11093752/frank-hall: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Hall (21 Aug 1891–2 Feb 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11093752, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by MKC (contributor 46582188).