BELL, William James
Service Number: | 455 |
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Enlisted: | 11 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Farrier Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Dapto, New South Wales, Australia, 1876 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farrier |
Died: | Illness, Australia, 10 June 1919 |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Presbyterian Section, Plot 5D, Row 69, Grave 3 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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13 Jun 1915: | Involvement 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
13 Jun 1915: | Embarked 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
22 Jan 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Farrier Sergeant, 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Embarked HMAT Euripidies at Suez for return to Australia for change and disembarked at Sydney on 21 February 1917 | |
10 Jun 1919: | Involvement 455, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 455 awm_unit: 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Farrier Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-06-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Elizabeth Bell of 51 Francis Street, Sydney, NSW. Father of Heather Bell
During his service he suffered from dysentry on a reuglar basis
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Scottish Rifles for 12 years and the Australia Commonwealth Horse in South Affrica
Served a 5 years apprenticeship with C. Pist of Windsor, NSW