William Blakey BELL

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BELL, William Blakey

Service Number:	33252
Enlisted:	26 October 1916
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	Field Artillery Brigades
Born:	Glenmaggie, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Mirboo North, Latrobe - Victoria, Australia, Victoria
Schooling:	Norong Central School, via Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917
Cemetery:	Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery Plot 4, Row H, Grave 4,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mardan State School No 2516 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

26 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 33252
11 May 1917:	Involvement Driver, 33252, Field Artillery Brigades, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
11 May 1917:	Embarked Driver, 33252, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33252, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 33252 awm_unit: 11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography contributed by Dale Mckenzie

William Bell was a good mate of my Great Uncle Percy Mckenzie while he was labouring at Mirboo North, they signed up for the AIF together but were separated during training and left for UK on different ships. William was assigned as a driver but on reaching UK requested to be transferred to Larkhill Camp as a gunner where Percy was training. William and Percy fought the 3rd battle of Ypres, Percy fell on October 4 and William a few days later on October 12 1917 on what the Generals considered the turning point of the war.

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