Lawrence Aubrey (Laurie) BELL

BELL, Lawrence Aubrey

Service Numbers: W7605, WX30972
Enlisted: 15 February 1941
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 3 Division Signals
Born: Perth, Western Australia, 16 April 1913
Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
Schooling: University of Western Australia
Occupation: Civil Servant - Clerk
Died: Perth, Western Australia, 22 June 1999, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

15 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W7605, 11th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
8 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX30972
5 Aug 1942: Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment
30 Aug 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W7605, 10th Light Horse Regiment
31 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX30972, 3 Division Signals
19 Sep 1944: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX30972, 3 Division Signals, ex Townsville to Lae per Yan Swoll
30 Aug 1945: Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX30972, 3 Division Signals, emplaned Bougainville to Moresby to Cairns
28 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, WX30972

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Laurie was the youngest of five children of Aubrey William Bell (b1881 in Perth WA) and Annie Elizabeth Kate Pearce (b1883 in Adelaide, South Australia). Aubrey (a Clerk with WA Department of Railways) and Annie married in 1905 in Perth, WA where they settled and raised their family. Aubrey was a Civil Servant, working for the Department of the Minister for Mines and Railways.

Laurie was a Civil Servant (Clerk) in 1941 when he married Christina Flett (b1918 in Melbourne, Victoria). He enlisted in the ACMF that year and served with 11 Battalion and 10th Light Horse Regiment (Private, Sergeant; Service No:W7605). He was Discharged on 30 August 1942 to enlist the next day in the AIF. Laurie served as a Sergeant (Service No:WX30972) with 3 AUstralian Division Signals in New Guinea and Bougainville (8 September 1944 to 24 August 1945) and was Discharged in February 1946.

Laurie and Christina lived in Perth WA and Laurie worked as a Clerk. He died in 1999.

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