Edward James BELL

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Service Number:	385
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Cardiff, Wales, 6 December 1891
Home Town:	Kelmscott, Armadale, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mill Hand
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 May 1915, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row G, Grave 4, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Helena Vale, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 385, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 385, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 385, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 385, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
Date unknown:	Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Rank - Private

Taken on strength, 16th Battalion, 15 October 1914

Mortally wounded, 25 May 1915

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Next of kin -brother William Henry Bell of Kelmscott, Western Australia