John Fox Bell

Forenames

John Fox AWMM

Surname

Bell AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1937 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 18 Jun 1881 AWMM
• 18 Jun 1881 Public Source

Date of birth

18 June 1881

Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Place of birth

UK

Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - Military records

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Pukemiro Colliery Company, Huntly, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

C.L. Bell (father), Port Nelson, South Island, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 8/1937 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Son of Charles Langley Bell and Elizabeth Hannah Bell, of Belper, Derbyshire, England.

Next of Kin: Mr C. M. Bell, Port Nelson (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

26 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Calais Southern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM Plot E, Row 3, Grave 7. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Nelson Cenotaph at Anzac Park
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 7 May 2018 - on site
• Nelson College Scriptorium Roll of Honour
  Public - Peter - Researcher - 13 October 2017 - on site

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22274401
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/470839/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/470839
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 47
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.