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Richard Whittaker BELL

Regimental number1387
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Mr Bell, 4 Dunford Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name301st (Mechanical Transport), 8th Company, Army Service Corps (17th Divisional Ammunition Park)
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/98/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Div. Mechanical Transport Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 17 September 1914. Taken on strength, 1st Australian Divisional Ammunition Park, 16 December 1914. Taken on strength, "K" (1 Anzac) Sub-Park, 7 February 1917; 1st Motor Transport Company, 12 March 1918. Lance-Corporal, 10 January 1917; Corporal, 22 October 1917.
FateDied of disease 20 November 1918
Date of death20 November 1918 (died of sickness)
Age at death28
Place of burialSt. Marie Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 2), Le Havre, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
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