Edward BELL

BELL, Edward

    Service Numbers: 1009, 5438
    Enlisted: 14 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, 1896
    Home Town: Mascot, Botany Bay, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
    Occupation: Dairyman
    Died: Died of wounds - shell wound to the left arm, later amputated, 55th Field Ambulance , Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, France, 15 April 1918
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Plot X1, Row C, Grave 2 Rev. L.H. Bailey officiated, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mascot War Memorial, Mascot War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    10 May 1915: Involvement Private, 1009, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    10 May 1915: Embarked Private, 1009, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    9 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 1009, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    14 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5438, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
    26 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 24th Battalion
    15 Apr 1918: Involvement Private, 5438, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5438 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-15

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Edward Bell and Florence Bell nee Brassingon of 60 Creswick Street, Footscray, Victoria. Brother of Violet Alice Bates nee Bell and Gerald Bell

     14 April 1915 - Enlisted at Melbourne in the 24th Battalion with the rank of Private

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

    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John and Mary Ann Bell of Botany Road, Mascot, NSW

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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