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BELL, Frank Leonard
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1161, 1357 / 1161 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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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.