Sydney Wallace BELL

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
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World War 2 Service

21 May 1940: Enlisted Private, SX3185, Wayville, South Australia
21 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (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 (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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