Roy Pinto BELL

BELL, Roy Pinto

    Service Number: 10126
    Enlisted: 14 September 1915, Warwick Farm
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 5th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Stanmore, Sydney, New South Wales, 1894
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Fort Street High School
    Occupation: Accountant
    Died: Stray Shell, Flers, France, 9 December 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10126, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Warwick Farm
    17 Dec 1915: Involvement Gunner, 10126, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
    17 Dec 1915: Embarked Gunner, 10126, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Berrima, Sydney
    1 Apr 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
    1 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 10126, 5th Field Artillery Brigade
    8 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 10126, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Roy Pinto BELL was born in Stanmore, Sydney, NSW in 1894

    His parents were Ernest Walter BELL & Christiana Agnes BROWN who married in Sydney in 1891

    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    GUNNER ROY P. BELL, who has been killed in action in France, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bell, of Croydon Park, and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. Slade Brown, of  Stanmore. He was educated at Fort Street, and adopted accountancy as his profession. He was an A.I.I.A. and A.I.A.V., having acquired the double distinction at an earlier age than had been previously accomplished by any student in Australia.

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