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BELL, George William David

Service Number:	605
Enlisted:	23 October 1914, Enlisted, Guildford, Western Australia.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 9 January 1894
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	The Kings School, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Belmont Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Homebush Western Australian Bank WW1 Roll of Honor, Port Hedland Pilbarra Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 605, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted, Guildford, Western Australia.
17 Feb 1915:	Involvement 605, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
17 Feb 1915:	Embarked 605, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
16 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 605, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Embarkation to France.
17 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The unit was in Belgium at the time.
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Reported missing, (France). Prisoner of War, Stettin (NW Poland), captured at Renicourt (Belgium), wounded left knee, left shoulder, machine gun.
14 Dec 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 605, Embarkation to Australia per ‘Burma’ from England.

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