~~~BELL, John_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents……John Bell and Elizabeth Charlton married 1876 in Victoria.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……2036, (39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement).
Religion...... Presbyterian
Education......Beaufort State School, Victoria
Civil employment......Labourer
Home Address...... Warreneheip PO, Warrenheip, Victoria
Marital status......Divorced.
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Fanny Bell, Beaufort, Victoria.
Attested into AIF......2nd May 1916 in Ararat, Victoria.
Age on enlistment...... 28 years and 6 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......39th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916.
Fate...... Killed in Action 8 June 1917 in Messines, Belgium
Burial......No known grave
Dedicated War Memorial......The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
War service......Western Front
Medals...... British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 130, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Commemorated......Beaufort War Memorial, Victoria.
Parents……John Bell and Elizabeth Charlton married 1876 in Victoria.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……2036, (39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement).
Religion...... Presbyterian
Education......Beaufort State School, Victoria
Civil employment......Labourer
Home Address...... Warreneheip PO, Warrenheip, Victoria
Marital status......Divorced.
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Fanny Bell, Beaufort, Victoria.
Attested into AIF......2nd May 1916 in Ararat, Victoria.
Age on enlistment...... 28 years and 6 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......39th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916.
Fate...... Killed in Action 8 June 1917 in Messines, Belgium
Burial......No known grave
Dedicated War Memorial......The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
War service......Western Front
Medals...... British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 130, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Commemorated......Beaufort War Memorial, Victoria.
~~~BELL, John_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents……John Bell and Elizabeth Charlton married 1876 in Victoria.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……2036, (39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement).
Religion...... Presbyterian
Education......Beaufort State School, Victoria
Civil employment......Labourer
Home Address...... Warreneheip PO, Warrenheip, Victoria
Marital status......Divorced.
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Fanny Bell, Beaufort, Victoria.
Attested into AIF......2nd May 1916 in Ararat, Victoria.
Age on enlistment...... 28 years and 6 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......39th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916.
Fate...... Killed in Action 8 June 1917 in Messines, Belgium
Burial......No known grave
Dedicated War Memorial......The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
War service......Western Front
Medals...... British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 130, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Commemorated......Beaufort War Memorial, Victoria.
Parents……John Bell and Elizabeth Charlton married 1876 in Victoria.
Australian Imperial Force Regimental No……2036, (39th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement).
Religion...... Presbyterian
Education......Beaufort State School, Victoria
Civil employment......Labourer
Home Address...... Warreneheip PO, Warrenheip, Victoria
Marital status......Divorced.
Next of kin...... Mother, Mrs Fanny Bell, Beaufort, Victoria.
Attested into AIF......2nd May 1916 in Ararat, Victoria.
Age on enlistment...... 28 years and 6 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private.
Final Posting......39th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 September 1916.
Fate...... Killed in Action 8 June 1917 in Messines, Belgium
Burial......No known grave
Dedicated War Memorial......The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium
War service......Western Front
Medals...... British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated......Panel number 130, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated......Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Commemorated......Beaufort War Memorial, Victoria.
Inscription
"Known unto God" "Their glory shall not be blotted out."
Gravesite Details
"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, Private John BELL, burial given to his comrades in death."
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