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Edward BELL

Regimental number5438
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarter
AddressBotany Road, Mascot, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Bell, Botany Road, Mascot, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Casualty Clearing Station, Amiens, France
FateDied of wounds 15 April 1918
Place of death or woundingHangard Wood, France
Date of death15 April 1918
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt. Pierre Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 2), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Mary Ann BELL, Botany Road, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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