James Alexander BELL

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Service Number:	878
Enlisted:	1 December 1914, Promoted to Trooper when taken on strength
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Sale, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 6, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geelong St Giles Church Grammarians Honor Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 878, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Promoted to Trooper when taken on strength
7 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 878, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
7 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 878, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne
7 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 878, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 878 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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Son of William Bell and Margaret Bell nee Ganley of North Geelong, Victoria. Brother of John Bell who was later named as next of kin

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

Aged 35, Trooper 878 James Alexander Bell was killed in action on 7 August 1915 during the charge towards the Turkish trenches at The Nek.

He had only joined his unit from the 5th Reinforcements two days earlier on 5 August 1915.