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Herbert Alexander BELL

Regimental number932
Place of birthMoira, Co Down, Ireland
SchoolSociety of Friends School
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionMethodist
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressKeane Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.5"
Weight118 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Tarke Bell, Keane Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia
Enlistment date13 January 1915
Place of enlistmentPerth, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/15/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingRomani, Sinai, Egypt
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 75), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
7
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John F and Emma J. BELL, 2 Oswald Street Victoria Park, Western Australia. Native of Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Taken on strength, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Gallipoli, 13 July 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 20 September 1915 (influenza). Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 25 December 1915.

Marched out to Serapeum, 26 February 1916.

Killed in action, Hassanein action, Suez Canal, 9 August 1916 (Australian & New Zealand Mounted Division).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BELL Herbert Alexander

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