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BELL, Ernest

Service Number:	2121
Enlisted:	26 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sheffield, England, July 1892
Home Town:	Leopold, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Western Road Council School, Sheffield, England
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentieres, France, 30 June 1916
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 11, Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapelle-D'armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 22nd Infantry Battalion
27 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2121, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
27 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2121, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
30 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2121, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Full name stated to be Ernest Bartop Bell