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BELL, Gilbert McInnes
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4735 |
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Enlisted: | 21 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Purnim, Victoria, Australia, 6 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Wangoom, Moyne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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14 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4735, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
14 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4735, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne | |
11 Apr 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 4735, 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4735 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11 |
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