BELL, Willoughby George
| Service Number: | 334 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1914, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 9 September 1876 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Norwood Public School, Sturt Street Public School, Prince Alfred College, University of Adelaide and School of Mines Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Mining Engineer, Land Agent |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Norwood Primary School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 334, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 334, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 334, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 334, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 334 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-02 |
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Willoughby George BELL (1876-1915)
Son of George BELL and Eliza Jarrett nee EAGLE
Prince Alfred College 1890-1891
"A MISSING CORPORAL.
From R. C. Bell, Parade, Norwood:— "Regarding the report in the biographical column of The Register of No. 334 Cpl. W. G. Bell, D Company, 16th Infantry, 4th Brigade, who was reported as being wounded on May 2 - the reports concerning my brother have been very conflicting, and I thought there was a possibility that some of the returned 16th would be able to enlighten us, as they were with the Western Australians. The latest information we have received is from a Miss Elliott, of Perth, and formerly of Norwood. She wrote to her brother, who was in the same company. His reply was that my brother was wounded, and that they were at the beach waiting to go aboard the hospital ships; also that my brother was sent to Malta, and he expected to see him when he returned to duty, but had since lost all trace of him. As I understand that there are many Australians in England suffering from nerves, there is a possibility of something like that having occurred to my brother, as he had a nervous breakdown in Kalgoorlie about five years ago. We. have written to the defence authorities several times, and it seems as though they cannot trace him." - from the Adelaide Register 31 Dec 1915 (nla.gov.au)
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