Alexander Law Bell

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Alexander Law AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bell AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 12/1885 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

22 Jul 1894 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

22 July 1894

Public - John Charles - Researcher - 28 March 2016 - Military Personnel File

Wāhi Whānau

Ngaruawahia

Public - John Charles - Researcher - 28 March 2016 - Military Personnel File

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Taupiri, New Zealand AWMM
• River Road, Ngaruawahia
  Public - John Charles - Researcher - 28 March 2016 - Military Personnel File

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs Bell (mother), Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs M. Bell (mother), River Road, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 12/1885 AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Soldier/Military AWMM

Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

• Drover
  Public - John Charles - Researcher - 28 March 2016 - Military Personnel File
• Returned Soldier
  Public - John Charles - Researcher - 28 March 2016 - Military Personnel File

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM
• WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Gunner/Military AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM

Alexander Bell was the son of Edward and Mary Bell.

One of his brothers, John Edward Bell (2/1132) was also killed in WW1.

SuppNom: Ex 4th Reinforcements.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Bell, Ngaruwahia, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Matenga

9 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Couin New British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM G. 10. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Ngaruawahia Town School - Roll of Honour 1914-1920
  Public - Elli - Researcher - 9 August 2020 - Book: 'Ngaruawahia Primary, 125, 1869-1994' (History of Ngaruawahia Primary School, p28; published 1994)

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22274272
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/175320/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/175320
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 47
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 43
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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. 5: 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.
• Soldiers' pie : being the unofficial journal of the C,D,E & F Coys. Artillery, Specialists N.Z.E. (Tunnellers) N.Z.M.C. of the 32nd Reinforcements. [1918]. London, England: R. Clay and sons, Ltd.