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BELL, Sydney Arnold
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3306 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Greenwich, England, 1896 |
Home Town: | Rhyll, Bass Coast, Victoria |
Schooling: | Christchurch School, Ilford, Essex, England |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3306, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3306, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
6 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 20 and the son of Harry and Kate Bell, of 18, Toronto Rd., Ilford, Essex, England.
He was born at Greenwich, then in Kent, England, but now part of Greater London.
In the United Kingdom, he is commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and in the Ilford War Memorial Hall.