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John Cyril BELL

Regimental number6382
Place of birthKerang, Victoria
SchoolState School, Alfred Crescent, North Fitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor bodybuilder
Address19 Freeman Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Bell, 19 Freeman Street, North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service55th Infantry
Enlistment date18 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 15
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 20 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Company Engineers
FateDied of wounds 3 September 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VI, Row N, Grave No. 5), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth BELL, 492 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria. Native of Kerding, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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