BELL, Reginald Robert
| Service Number: | 2423 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1996, aged 102 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Armidale General Cemetery Lynches Rd Armidale, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales Australia Coordinates: -30.52833, 151.65902 |
| Memorials: | Armidale Ben Venue Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2423, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2423, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane |
military medal
Reginald Robert Bell was awarded a military medal by the King in 1918 ( See photo ) Reginald Robert Bell joined the Australian Imperial Force on the 29th of April 1916 in miles Queensland on the 21 aug 1916 he embarked Brisbane Australia and arrived in Plymouth England on the 10 Jan 2017 on the 9 may 2017 Reginald embarked to France he suffered many wounds during the war including gassing from Ordnance shells. Reginald married Marguerite Kirby in England I believe she may have been a nurse from a hospital on the 9 Nov 1918. When he went back to London suffered a gassing from Ordnance shells in 9 June 1918 Reginald returned to Australia on the 11 august 1919 with his wife Marguerite Bell ”Nee” Kirby and he was discharged on the 3 November 1919 on medical grounds
Submitted 18 September 2025 by Christopher Bell
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