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Cyril Dudley Bell

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Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland (photo John Halpin, January 2012) - CC BY John Halpin

Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland (photo John Halpin, January 2012) - CC BY John Halpin

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Birth date was 02/02/1910. Public - Lyn - Researcher - 1 January 2017 - NZ BDMs
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/Search?Path=querySubmit.m%3fReportName%3dBirthSearch%26recordsPP%3d30#SearchResults
  • Forenames
    Cyril Dudley AWMM
  • Surname
    Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1538 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Lands and Survey Department, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W.G. Bell (father), Box 10, Russell, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    1538 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Gordon Bell and of Leila Kate Bell (nee Hewitt), of Nelson AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM II. C. 20. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Officers' Club Auckland, The Northern Club, 19 Princes Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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01 January 2017LynNew ZealandResearcher

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