Hall was born in
Theddlethorpe,
Lincolnshire, the son of George Hall Snr and was educated at the Theddlethorpe National School. In 1870 he became apprenticed to his father as a
carpenter before working as a
millwright in
Hull. He arrived in
Bundaberg on the
Renfrewshire in 1882, and spent a short time in
Melbourne before returning to Bundaberg. In 1887, after suffering a serious accident, Hall became a building draughtsman. He returned to England in 1897 where he worked as a pattern-maker in London. He died in London in November 1924. ==Public career==