Regimental number | 3134 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Quorn, South Australia |
School | State School, Quorn, South Australia |
Other training | 6 years at the School of Mines, Adelaide, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Assayer |
Address | Quorn, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Father, William Wallace Bell, Quorn, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/67/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 3134A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of wounds received on patrol duty. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Warneton, Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Z, Grave No. 42), Steenwerck, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 150 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Quorn Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: William Wallace and Elizabeth Ann BELL, Quorn, South Australia. Photo: Peter Dennis |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 3686 Pte Richard Mitchell BELL MM, returned to Australia, 12 June 1919; 1359 WO II William Charles BELL, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, returned to Australia, 1 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |