James North BELL

BELL, James North

Service Number: QX5707
Enlisted: 28 May 1940
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment
Born: Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia , 23 December 1919
Home Town: Taroom, Banana, Queensland
Schooling: The Southport School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Station Hand
Died: Killed in Action, Papua,, 19 December 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Greenslopes 2nd/7th Cavalry Regiment Honour Roll, Southport Old Southportians Supreme Sacrifice Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Trooper, QX5707
28 May 1940: Enlisted
28 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5707, Toowoomba, Qld.
19 Dec 1942: Discharged
19 Dec 1942: Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, QX5707, 2nd/7th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment , Killed in action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Edgar North Bell and Doris Geraldine Churchill Bell, of Taroom, Queensland.

HE ANSWERED HIS COUNTRY'S CALL