Sydney Arnold BELL

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Service Number:	3306
Enlisted:	16 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Greenwich, England, 1896
Home Town:	Rhyll, Bass Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Christchurch School, Ilford, Essex, England
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
26 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3306, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
26 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3306, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
6 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion

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He was 20 and the son of Harry and Kate Bell, of 18, Toronto Rd., Ilford, Essex, England.

He was born at Greenwich, then in Kent, England, but now part of Greater London.

In the United Kingdom, he is commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and in the Ilford War Memorial Hall.