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Remembering World War II
Name:
Herbert Arthur Wall
Rank:
Able Seaman
Service Number:
X/61701
Service:
HMCS Stadacona, Royal Canadian Navy
Awards:
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal,
War Medal 1939-1945
Date of Birth:
September 9, 1884
Place of Birth:
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
Date of Enlistment:
September 3, 1939
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
54
Occupation:
Seaman
Marital Status:
Married
Religion:
Church of England
Next of Kin:
Ethel Wall (Wife)
Date of Death:
August 19, 1941
Age at Death:
56
Cemetery:
Camp Hill Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Grave:
Section R.107 West, Division 2
Inscription:
Rest In Peace
Commemorate on Page 47 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 4
Herbert Arthur Wall was the son of John Wall (1845-1890) and Charlotte (Sexton) Wall (b. 1856), and the
husband of Ethel Mary (Pope) Wall (1888-1969), of Glassville, Carleton County, New Brunswick. Herbert and
Ethel had three children, Sylvia Daphne (Wall) Black (b. 1911), Ada Mabel (Wall) Wasson (b. 1920), and
Charles Herbert Wall (1923-2005). Herbert married Ethel at the Roche Parish Church in Cornwall, England in
1911.
Herbert served in both the British Royal Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy.
He served in the Royal Navy from September 9, 1902, until September 24, 1924, including the entirety of
the First World War. On September 25, 1924, he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve, in which he served
until September 9, 1934. He had trained and served as a Seaman Gunner.
Five years later at the outbreak of WWII, Herbert enlisting in the Royal Canadian Navy the same day England
declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, and seven days before Canada’s official entry in the war on
September 10, 1939.
He served from September 1939 until August of 1941, when he was discharged as medically unfit on August
5, 1941. Sadly, Able Seaman Hebert Arthur Wall died of stomach cancer during WWII. It was confirmed that
he “died of a cause attributable to service, while serving on active Naval service or subsequent to his
discharge.” A Memorial Cross was issued in remembrance.
He was interred at the Camp Hill Cemetery, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Herbert Arthur Wall
Herbert's grave, before and after cleaning by the Wartime
Heritage Association, May 2024