BORN HULL 1893. SON OF ARTHUR AND HARRIET HALLAS. HIS PARENTS DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AND HE WAS SEPARATED FROM HIS TWO BROTHERS, JOHN AND WILLIAM HALLAS. EMPLOYED AS A TANNER. HE BOARDED AT 6 CLIFTON TERRACE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL (1911).
HE ENLISTED THE TERRITORIALS, IN HULL, ON 11/01/1912. SERVED WITH THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 27/06/1915. WOUNDED BY BULLET TO HIS LEG ON 04/10/1915. INVALIDED TO HERNE BAY HOSPITAL, ENGLAND. WOUNDED IN ACTION AGAIN (LEFT LEG & GAS POISONING) ON 20/09/1916. DIED OF GAS POISONING, ON 24/09/1916, AT SOUTHERN HOSPITAL, BRISTOL, AGED 23, WITH HIS RELATIVES PRESENT.
HE LIVED WITH HIS COUSIN, HANNAH (ANNIE) TULLEY , AT 7 GORDON AVENUE, WATERLOO STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS).
BURIED HEDON ROAD CEMETERY AS PER CWGC. HIS NAMES WAS RECORDED ON THE KINGS HALL CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, SYMONST STREET, HULL
