BELL, Leslie Edward
| Service Number: | NX16688 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 May 1940, Paddington, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, 4 August 1918 |
| Home Town: | Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Unemployed |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 26 September 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery FF C 11 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queanbeyan & District Honour Roll, Queanbeyan Christ Church Honour Roll, Queanbeyan St. Raphael's War Memorial Church Memorial Walls |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX16688 | |
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| 23 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16688, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert Edward and Lillian Ethel Bell; husband of Marjorie Ellen Bell, of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND SADLY MISSED
A few weeks ago Mrs. M. E. Bell (nee Marj Roy), of 133 Docker street, Wagga, received word that her husband. Pte. Leslie Edward Bell, AIF formerly of Queanbeyan, had been killed in action. Since then Mrs. Bell has received a letter from a Lieut Thomson stating that he was wounded in the same action as her husband at Finschhafen on September 26. Pte Bell fought in the battle of Lae and also served in the Middle East, being one of the original 'Rats of Tobruk.' He also fought at El Alamein. Pte Bell, who returned to Australia with the famous Ninth Division, has two brothers serving in the forces— Gnr A. J. Bell and Lieut. F. G. Bell. Both have served In the Middle East andNew Guinea.
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