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Louis Augustus BELL

Regimental number1385
Place of birthGundagai New South Wales
SchoolGundagai Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressGundagai, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, William James Bell, Kimo Road, Gundagai, New South Wales
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 4 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 October 1917
Date of death26 October 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 14), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William James Allen and Louisa Mabel Grace BELL, Kimo Road, Gundagai, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1023 Pte James Joseph Thomas BELL, 1st Bn, died of wounds, 29 June 1915; 1780 Pte James A. BELL, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other detailsMedals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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