Bell war diary, 16 December 1915 - 26 October 1916 / Roy Pinto Bell - Page 1

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Roy Pinto Bell, born, 15th November, 1894, parents, Ernest Walter Bell and Christina Agnes Bell, both born in London, His Grandfather, Colonel Albert Bell served throughout the Garibaldian war in Italy. He was educated at Fort Street school and joined the firm of Messrs. Herron & Bell, Fire Loss Assessors, where he was employed for about twelve months before enlisting. At the age of nineteen he passed the first position in each of the States of Victoria and New South Wales for the Final examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He rose to the rank of Corporal, and whilst under Captain Osborne of the 5th Field Artillery was killed in a dugout at Inchy whilst telephoning the elevation of the shells being fired into the German lines by the battery to which he was attached in December, 1916.