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William George BELL

Regimental number3234
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolNapier St State School, Fitzroy, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
AddressHigh Plains, Rowsley, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Bessie Bell, High Plains, Rowsley, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date27 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death26 September 1917
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No. 19), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Bessie COLE, 155 Gore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

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