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Cenotaph record

Ian Douglas Bell

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Portrait, Ian Douglas Bell - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Ian Douglas Bell - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    35026 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    35026 AWMM
  • Military service
    10th Field Battery (Territorial) 1935-1939 AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    11 Coast Regiment 10/1939 - 8/1940 AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Fractured Spine - 64 British Naval Hospital, Alexandra AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ian Bell fought in no campaigns while overseas as he had a serious accident in August 1941. Following 9 months sick leave, he rejoined 11 Coast Regiment for duration of war, and again in C.M.T. years.

    His serial number was 3/15/21 Godley Head. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.28 AWMM

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