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BELL, Ernest Windsor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2528 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2528, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2528, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2528, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1917: | Involvement 2528, 14th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2528 awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-05-20 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
According to a newspaper report Sergeant-Signaller Ernest Windsor Bell had represented Messrs. Herman Howse and Co., and Mr. F. J. Sweet, of Kent Street, Sydney, in the wheat districts of New South Wales. Dying of wounds at the age of almost 40, he had fought in Egypt and France, and left a wife and four children.