Eric Chalcroft BELL

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BELL, Eric Chalcroft

Service Number:	739
Enlisted:	24 November 1914, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Basket Range, South Australia, 5 January 1893
Home Town:	Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Basket Range Public School
Occupation:	Electric motorman
Died:	Killed in Action, Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Grave 38. Also Panel 3 at the AWM, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Basket Range WW1 Memorial, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll, St Peters Heroes War Memorial

World War 1 Service

24 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 739, Oaklands, South Australia
29 Jan 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 739, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
29 Jan 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 739, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Melbourne
19 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 739, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 739 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-19

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Biography

(Birth and parent details from SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 514 Page: 274 District: Nor.)

Father John BELL and Mother Dorcas (nee Tappers)
living at Botanic Street, Hackney, SA

Wife: Mrs Mary Elizabeth Nellie Bell, 11 Botanic Street, Hackney SA
(b. _____ - d. 1933)

3 daughters:
Eva Bell, living at Norwood (b. 1913 - d. ____)
- married Katsaros, then living at Sylvania Heights, NSW (age 55yrs in 1968)
Dulcie Lorna Bell, living at Norwood
Erica Chalcroft Bell, living at Norwood

Next of kin in service (brother-in-laws):
Driver J A Harrell - killed in action, France,
Gunner F G Harrell - wounded, France
Private W M Harrell - wounded, Gallipoli

Previous service:
2 years Australian Light Horse

Described on enlisting as 21 years 11 months old; married; 5' 8" tall; 140 lbs;
dark complexion; bluish-green eyes; dark hair; Methodist

27/11/1914 completed medical

28/11/1914 Enlisted at Oaklands

28/1/1915 Commanding Officer appointed Eric to 3rd reinforcements
3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville Camp

29/1/1915 Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Mashobra A47
3rd reinforcements, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

19/4/1915 Taken on strength into 3rd Light Horse Regiment

9/5/1915 Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces
Gallipoli

19/5/1915         Killed in action
buried by:         Reverand G Green
buried in:          New Monash Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli

6/7/1915
reburied in:       Grave 38
                        Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
                        400 yards south east of Anzac Cove
                        Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey

Medals:
1914-15 Star (3248); British War medal (7382); Victory medal (7409)
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (319233)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 3/12/2014 Lest we forget.

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