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BELL, John Stanton

Service Numbers:	VX68826, VX8826
Enlisted:	18 December 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Australian Commando Squadron
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 November 1922
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Tarakan, Borneo, 9 May 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Plot 29, Row B, Grave 11 Roll of Honor Brighton, Victoria,
Memorials:	Rocky Creek 9th Division Cavalry Regiment & 2nd / 9th Cavalry (Commando) Regiment, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lance Corporal, VX68826
18 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
18 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX68826
9 May 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, VX8826, 2nd/4th Australian Commando Squadron, Killed in Action.

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Biography

Son of Thomas Alfred and Agnes Bell, of Brighton, Victoria, Australia.

Unit 2/4 Commando Squadron