Service Details
Name:
 BELL
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 158223V
Rank:
 Private
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles)
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Former Regiment:
 formerly 1st A.A. Regt. (Searchlight Regt)
Date of Death:
 1944-07-17
Other Casualties on this Date
Date of Birth:
 1921-01-16
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in contact with the enemy infantry and a Tiger tank in the vicinity of Radda, Italy. He received severe injuries to his leg (shattered knee) and although hospitalized, succumbed to his injuries later the same day
Additional
Information:
Son of Mrs. Florence May Wood, of Daisy Road, Primrose, Germiston, and son of Mr. W. Bell, of Glancairn Cottages, Primrose, Germiston. Born Germiston. A blacksmith by trade.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. D. 8.

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