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Andrew BELL

Regimental number118
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
SchoolState School, Fortitude Valley, Qld
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCellarmaker
Addressc/o Mrs Bealien, Wyandra Street, Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bealien, Wyandra Street, Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the 8th Oxley Regiment, Citizen Military Forces, Qld.
Enlistment date25 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death8 May 1915
Age at death20.1
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBeach Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 24), Anzac, Gallipoli
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew Charles and Henrietta BELL, Wyandra Street, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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