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BELL, Mervyn Colin

Service Number:	NX34074
Enlisted:	15 June 1940, Paddington, New South Wales Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stanwell Park, New South Wales, Australia, 15 November 1918
Home Town:	Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 5 June 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 13 Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia Roll of Honour Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia, Lithgow War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX34074
15 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales Australia
15 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX34074, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/20 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Albert Edward and Clarice Maud Bell.