Sydney Wallace BELL

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BELL, Sydney Wallace

Service Number:	SX3185
Enlisted:	21 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Field Regiment
Born:	Solomontown, South Australia, 18 March 1903
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Port Pirie, South Australia, 1 July 1980, aged 77 years
Cemetery:	Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia War Graves Section; Row F; Grave 26
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

21 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX3185, Wayville, South Australia
21 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX3185, 2nd/7th Field Regiment
22 May 1940:	Involvement Private, SX3185
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Private, SX3185, 2nd/7th Field Regiment
7 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX3185, 2nd/7th Field Regiment

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I307552 Birth Record: 18 Mar 1903 in Port Pirie, South Australia

Father: Robert William Charles BELL (b: 1863
married 22/1/1891 Port Pirie, SA
Mother: Ellen DONNOLLY (b: 5/7/1870 in Pine Creek, South Australia

Siblings:

Nellie BELL                   b: 28/12/1891 in Solomontown, SA
William Henry BELL       b: 3/12/1893 in Port Pirie, SA
Emily May BELL            b: 25/4/1896 in Port Pirie, SA
Robert James BELL     b: 2/8/1898 in Port Pirie, SA
Elizabeth BELL              b: 15/8/1900 in Port Pirie, SA
Lily Edith BELL            b: 28/12/1901 in Port Pirie, SA
Sydney Wallace BELL b: 18/3/1903 in Port Pirie, SA
Gordon Ewart BELL       b: 5/5/1904 in Port Pirie, SA
Leonard Maxwell BELL b: 5/5/1904 in Port Pirie, SA
Malcolm Laurence BELL b: 6/3/1906 in Port Pirie, SA

Described on enlisting as 37yrs 2mths old; single; 5' 9.5" tall; grey eyes;
fair complexion; brown hair; Congregational

21/5/1940 enlisted into WWII at Solomontown, SA
place of enlistment Wayville, SA

28/5/1940 marched out to Woodside

14/11/1940 emabrked on HMT Stratheden for overseas

Private in 2/7 FIELD REGIMENT

3/7/1943 married - Veronica May Bell, living at 43 Berkley St, Footscray, VIC

7/11/1945      discharged from service
1/7/1980       passed away Port Pirie, SA
buried in:       Port Pirie Cemetery
                    War Graves Section; Row F; Grave 26

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/5/2016. Lest we forget.

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