Born on 21 June 1894 in Smith, Ontario - son of Thomas George Bell, Peterborough, Ontario - recruitment form notes present address in Peterborough, Ontario, single, Baptist, trade as butter maker, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 6 inches, chest of 34.5 inches, dark complexion, blue eyes, black hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, in Kingston, Ontario, on 7 January 1918 (number 4020587) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 17 or 18 August 1918 - wounded on 2 September 1918 - killed in action on 4 November 1918 - buried in Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, France.
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