Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall
Thomas Aubrey Chappé Hall was a New Zealand wood carver and farmer.
Early life
He was born in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, England on 16 June 1873. His parents were John Hall and Margaret Louise Chappé de Leonval. He attended Leamington and Tonbridge.New Zealand
Hall left London in 1895, moving to the Whanganui River area, where he studied whakairo under Hōri Pukehika, celebrated Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi carver.He served in the Second Boer War before returning to New Zealand, marrying Ethel Marguerite Adams in 1904.