Frank Leonard BELL

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Service Numbers:	1161, 1357 / 1161
Enlisted:	8 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maffra, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Alfred Crescent State School, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 June 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Plot 111, Row F, Grave 6, Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

8 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
8 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1161, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
8 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1161, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
15 Jun 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1357 / 1161, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1357 / 1161 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-06-15
Date unknown:	Involvement 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Other service number 1161

24 Battalion

Rank - Lance Corpporal

13 October 1917 wounded in action - head, Right arm and thigh

30 March 1918 gassed and wounded in action

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of William James and Evelyn Florence Bell, of "St. Leonards," Larch St., Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.