FELL, David Malcolm
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Field Artillery |
| Born: | 6 July 1896, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Warrawee, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Shore Church of England Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Law Student |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 17 July 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt I E 52 |
| Memorials: | Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), Second Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Field Artillery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of David Fell, of Routs Green, Bledlow Ridge, High Wycombe, Bucks, and the late Mabel Fell. Native of Sydney, New South Wales. Joined from Jesus College, Cambridge.
"EXEGI MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNIUS" NOR. OD. 3.30.1.
Served in Royal Field Artillery 166th Brigade
Lieutenant David Malcolm Fell was the eldest son of Mr. David Fell, of Sydney, and was 20 years of age. He was a member of the Officers' Training School for a year, and obtained his commission while at Jesus College, Cambridge, in the Imperial Royal Field Artillery, and went to France in March last. He was killed in action on July 17 last. He was an old boy of the Church of England Grammar School, North Sydney, and while there was a prefect, won his colours for football, and did well in boxing.
Disembarked at Le Havre joined 166 Brigade 33rd Division which went into action on 15 July 1916 at Mametz Wood on the Somme. Killed in action on 17 July 1916 at the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Dartmoor Cemetery.
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