John Bell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Bell | ||
Date of birth | 7 October 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Toorak, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1917 | (aged 31)||
Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
Original team(s) | Mercantile / Geelong Grammar | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1906, 1908 | Geelong | 18 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Bell (7 October 1886 – 27 December 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of John Bell (1855–1906), [1] and Annie Carstairs Bell (1854–1935), née Russell, [2] John Bell was born at Toorak, Victoria on 7 October 1886. [3]
One of his brothers, Lieutenant George Russell Bell (1892–1918), also died on active service in World War One. [4]
He attended Geelong Grammar School from 1896 to 1905.
Bell played 18 games in all, with Geelong during the 1906 and 1908 seasons.
He enlisted in the First AIF on 2 September 1914, and left Melbourne for overseas service on the HMAT Orvieto (A3) on 21 October 1914.
During World War I, Bell served as a pilot with the Australian Flying Corps. He initially served with No. 1 Squadron AFC, in Palestine.
Bell achieved the rank of Captain. He was later transferred to the Western Front, flying Airco DH.5s with No. 2 Squadron (2 Sqn AFC; sometimes known in British military circles as "68 Squadron").
He was badly wounded ("gunshot wound penetrating his chest": Service Record) and made a forced landing just behind the Allied front line on 20 November 1917, when 2 Squadron was involved in ground attack duties during the First Battle of Cambrai.
Bell died of his wounds on 27 December 1917, [5] and he is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery in Tincourt-Boucly, Picardy, in Northern France. [6]
On 28 April 1931, [7] the Bell family dedicated two stained-glass windows in the chapel of the Geelong Grammar School: the one on the left (holding the football) to John Bell, and the one on the right, to his brother George. [8]
John Bell | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | John Bell | ||
Date of birth | 7 October 1886 | ||
Place of birth | Toorak, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1917 | (aged 31)||
Place of death | Cambrai, France | ||
Original team(s) | Mercantile / Geelong Grammar | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1906, 1908 | Geelong | 18 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
John Bell (7 October 1886 – 27 December 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
The son of John Bell (1855–1906), [1] and Annie Carstairs Bell (1854–1935), née Russell, [2] John Bell was born at Toorak, Victoria on 7 October 1886. [3]
One of his brothers, Lieutenant George Russell Bell (1892–1918), also died on active service in World War One. [4]
He attended Geelong Grammar School from 1896 to 1905.
Bell played 18 games in all, with Geelong during the 1906 and 1908 seasons.
He enlisted in the First AIF on 2 September 1914, and left Melbourne for overseas service on the HMAT Orvieto (A3) on 21 October 1914.
During World War I, Bell served as a pilot with the Australian Flying Corps. He initially served with No. 1 Squadron AFC, in Palestine.
Bell achieved the rank of Captain. He was later transferred to the Western Front, flying Airco DH.5s with No. 2 Squadron (2 Sqn AFC; sometimes known in British military circles as "68 Squadron").
He was badly wounded ("gunshot wound penetrating his chest": Service Record) and made a forced landing just behind the Allied front line on 20 November 1917, when 2 Squadron was involved in ground attack duties during the First Battle of Cambrai.
Bell died of his wounds on 27 December 1917, [5] and he is buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery in Tincourt-Boucly, Picardy, in Northern France. [6]
On 28 April 1931, [7] the Bell family dedicated two stained-glass windows in the chapel of the Geelong Grammar School: the one on the left (holding the football) to John Bell, and the one on the right, to his brother George. [8]