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24-07-16, 05:03 PM
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WW1, Canadian Engineers, Need Identification
According to the IWM....Captain G. W. Hall. Unit: Canadian Engineers, Canadian Expeditionary Force......but I can't identify the cap or collar badges...
Jo http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...at=photographs
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24-07-16, 08:38 PM
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Thank you very much....Bill
Jo
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"There truly exists but one perfect order: that of cemeteries. The dead never complain and they enjoy their equality in silence." - “There are things we know that we know,” “There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know.” Donald Rumsfeld, before the Iraqi Invasion,2003. Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.
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25-07-16, 05:03 PM
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The service records of Captain George William HALL have been digitized and are available online http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?...&id=B3942-S036 .
A quick look at his file shows that his original unit was the 109th Battalion, however for a short time he was attached to the 125th Battalion and afterward spent a significant portion of his overseas service "seconded" to the Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division or in other (non-regimental) duties. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He likely kept his 109th badges during his time on the General List and during secondment - entirely appropriate. At the time he had his photograph taken he was probably working with the RE/railway troops and identified himself as such to the photographer who so listed him. Capt Hall listed his previous civilian occupation as the proprietor of a machine shop and garage and likely was useful in keeping the rolling stock rolling.
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