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Arthur Rocher BELL

Regimental number1531
Place of birthEuroa, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGroom
AddressHunter Street, Euroa, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Horace William Bell, Hunter Street, Euroa, Victoria
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 5 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 17 July 1915. Taken on strength, 31st Battalion, 1 April 1916. Appointed Lance Corporal, 15 October 1916; Corporal, 27 March 1917. Mortally wounded, 8 September 1918.
FateDied of wounds 10 September 1918
Date of death10 September 1918
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IX, Row B, Grave No. 13), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Horace William and Bridget BELL, Templeton Street, Euroa, Victoria

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