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William Blakey BELL

Regimental number33252
Place of birthGlenmaggie, Victoria
SchoolNorong Central School, via Rutherglen, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressMirboo North, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinFather, Frederick J Bell, Mirboo North, Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade, February 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/128/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Light Trench Mortar Battery;
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialLarch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick John and Sarah BELL. Native of Glenmaggie, Victoria,
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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