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Cenotaph record

Allen Bell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allen AWMM
  • Surname
    Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    South African 7148 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
  • Service number
    South African 7148 AWMM
  • Military service
    • No 1 Waikato Mounted Rifles AWMM
    • 2nd Regiment Auckland Mounted Rifle Volunteers AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa Farmer/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
    Opotiki, Bay of Plenty Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Allen and Mary (nee Mathews) Bell. Brother of Leonard and Walter

    Husband of Helen James Shaw Lambie (1902), father of Elaline Sylva (b 1904).

    Brothers Allen Bell (Boer War 7148); Walter Charles (16264) killed in WW1 and Leonard Henry (a 2nd Reserve in WW1), bought and developed much of the land that Kaitaia was built on. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 October 1936 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM Ashes scattered by aircraft over Cape Reinga AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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