Gilbert McInnes (Bert) BELL

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Service Number:	4735
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, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial

21 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
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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