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."
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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