Roma Kathleen HallAge: 121932–1944
- Name
- Roma Kathleen Hall
- Given names
- Roma Kathleen
- Surname
- Hall
| Birth | 1932 40 37 |
| Marriage status | Never Married |
| Australian History | 1932 Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister |
| Birth of a brother | 18 May 1933 (Age 16 months) Barham, New South Wales, Australia
younger brother -
Ronald Maxwell Hall
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| Australian History | 1933 (Age 12 months) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments |
| Australian History | 1936 (Age 4) Note: The last Thylacine dies |
| Australian History | 1937 (Age 5) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins |
| Australian History | 1938 (Age 6) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games |
| Australian History | 1939 (Age 7) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires |
| Australian History | 1940 (Age 8) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean. |
| Australian History | 1941 (Age 9) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45. |
| Australian History | 1942 (Age 10) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws. |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | 15 January 1943 (Age 11) Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
paternal grandfather -
David Henry Hall
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| Australian History | 1943 (Age 11) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula. |
| Australian History | 1944 (Age 12) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians |
| Death | 25 May 1944 (Age 12) Barham, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family with parents - View family |
| father |
Desmond Clyde Hall
Birth 1892 26 24 Undera, Victoria, Australia Death 4 January 1965 (Age 73) Barham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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3 years mother |
Annie Maude Kernaghan
Birth 7 August 1894 Corowa, New South Wales, Australia Death 9 June 1971 (Age 76) Barham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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| #1 elder sister |
Iris May Hall
Birth 12 January 1916 24 21 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia Loading...
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2 years #2 elder brother |
Kevin Hall
Birth 10 January 1918 26 23 Kyabram, Victoria, Australia Death 15 September 1998 (Age 80) Barham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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| #10 herself |
Roma Kathleen Hall
Birth 1932 40 37 Death 25 May 1944 (Age 12) Barham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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17 months #11 younger brother |
Ronald Maxwell Hall
Birth 18 May 1933 41 38 Barham, New South Wales, Australia Death 20 May 1991 (Age 58) Barham, New South Wales, Australia Loading...
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Roma Kathleen Hall has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (7)
Parents Ivan John Alexander Hall + Rachael Rebecca Griffin
Parents Allan David Mckenzie Hall + Mary Ellen Jane McFarlane
Parents Stuart Norman Hall + Evelyn May Lightfoot
Parents Leslie Gordon Kittle + Claire Abigail Hall
Mother's family (0)
Extra information
Internal reference
I8602
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