William Nevin Bell
Died 31 Jul 1917
- Service number
- WWI 12712 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- William Nevin AWMM
- Surname
- Bell AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 12712 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- H.A. Bell (father), Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12712 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Survey apprentice/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 27 May 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 54 or HMNZT 55 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Bombardier/Military AWMM 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 8" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
140 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Henry Alan and Alice Bell, of Cambridge
Embarked Wellington, 31 May 1916; reverted to ranks on board troopship, 6 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 26 July 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.
Proceeded overseas to France, 17 October 1917; taken on strength, 5th Battery, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, in the field, 25 October 1916.
Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 6 April 1917 (German measles), and transferred same day to 1/1 North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station; to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 7 April 1917; discharged to duty, 15 April 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 16 April 1917.
Killed in action, 31 July 1917.
Parents: Henry Alan and Alice Bell, Cambridge, Waikato
Next of Kin: Mr H. A. Bell, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 31 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age 19 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- Koksijde (Coxyde) , BelgiumPublic - freddy - Researcher - 17 November 2015 - Military File
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
- The same day as John Walker Wardell, they are buried next to each other.Public - freddy - Researcher - 17 November 2015 - Military Personnal File
- He was with his Field Artillery Brigade in Koksijde (Coxyde) at the Belgian Cost, not far way from Nieuwpoort (Nieuport). Koksijde is about 40 Kms from Ypres/Ieper. his Artillery Brigade was about 6 months taking a sector from the French, who had to help in the Battle of Passchendaele that started the day William Bell died.Public - freddy - Researcher - 17 November 2015 - NZ Artillery in the field 1914-18
- The same day as John Walker Wardell, they are buried next to each other.
- Cemetery
- Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III. A. 13. AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
- Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
- Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
- Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22274492
Further Reference - Cambridge Museum Roll of Honour World War 1
http://www.cambridgemuseum.org.nz/Military/ww1/ww1roh.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/89300/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/89300
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
33: 17 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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