Bell, Alexander

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Date of death:: March 5th, 1943
Mentioned on:: Commonwealth Memorial of the Missing Singapore
Nationality:: Australian

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Commendation for Gallantry

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Sapper
Unit:: 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, 7th Australian Division, Australian Army
Awarded on:: 2011

"Sapper Bell informed his superior Brigadier Varley before he was shot in March 1943 that he would refuse an offer to sit or kneel as he was murdered because he was injured. He shook the hand of the man in the Japanese firing squad who would kill him, and instructed him he would die on his feet."

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