Soldier profiles
Name : BELL, JOHN
Service Number : VX54435
Date of Birth : 29/12/1901
Place of Birth : ISLE OF MAN, ENGLAND
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Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 29/04/1941
Locality on Enlistment : GORAC
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : CONROY, MARJORIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LANCE CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 30 EMPLOYMENT COMPANY
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 05/04/1944
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6129846 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background : Joined the 2/2nd Pioneer Reinforcements 08/07/1941, sailed with them to the Middle East and was placed in the Pioneer Training Battalion until transferred to 2/1 Pioneer Battalion 16/02/1942.
