Richard Whittaker BELL

BELL, Richard Whittaker

Service Number: 1387
Enlisted: 17 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Motor Transport Company
Born: Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1890
Home Town: Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Motor driver
Died: Pneumonia, France, 20 November 1918, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre
Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1387, Sydney, New South Wales
22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1387, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1387, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
20 Nov 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1387, 1st Motor Transport Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1387 awm_unit: 1st Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-20

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Richard Whittaker BELL was born in Paddington, Sydney in 1890

His parents were Henry & Catherine BELL