William James BELL

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Service Number:	455
Enlisted:	11 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Farrier Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Dapto, New South Wales, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Illness, Australia, 10 June 1919
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Presbyterian Section, Plot 5D, Row 69, Grave 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
13 Jun 1915:	Involvement 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
13 Jun 1915:	Embarked 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
22 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked HMAT Euripidies at Suez for return to Australia for change and disembarked at Sydney on 21 February 1917
10 Jun 1919:	Involvement 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 455 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Farrier Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-06-10

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Husband of Elizabeth Bell of 51 Francis Street, Sydney, NSW. Father of Heather Bell

During his service he suffered from dysentry on a reuglar basis

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

Also served in the Scottish Rifles for 12 years and the Australia Commonwealth Horse in South Affrica

Served a 5 years apprenticeship with C. Pist of Windsor, NSW