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Alfred James BELL

Regimental number3134
Date of birth3 March 1890
Place of birthQuorn, South Australia
SchoolState School, Quorn, South Australia
Other training6 years at the School of Mines, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAssayer
AddressQuorn, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, William Wallace Bell, Quorn, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3134A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds received on patrol duty.
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1917
Place of death or woundingWarneton, Messines, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTrois-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 connectionsBrothers: 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

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