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BELL, Alexander McLean
(Service number 34612)

Aliases Alex
First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 3 June 1880 Place of Birth Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Pleasant Point near Timaru
Occupation Stonemason
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mrs M. BELL (wife), care of Mrs Bracefield, Cain Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date 7 December 1916
Transport Port Lyttelton
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 3 September 1936 Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 104, Plot 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alexander McLean Bell was born on 3 June 1880 in Scotland. He married Minnie Bracefield in 1910 in New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 December 2016]

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