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VC500 Frederic William Bell
BORN 3 April 1875
DIED 28 April 1954 AGE 79
VC Won 16 May 1901 AGE 26
Place VC Won Brakpen, Transvaal
War/Campaign The Second Boer War
Name Frederic William Bell No.
VC Issue No. 500 Awards VC
Regiment West Australian Mounted Infantry
Later 18th Australian Light Horse
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth Perth, Western Australia
Place Of Death Bristol, England
Buried/Location Ashes Canford Cemetery, Canford Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section O, Colour Pink, Grave 126
Gazetted 4 October 1901
VC Presented 1 July 1902, Prince of Wales (later King George V), Horse Guards Parade, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Canford Cemetery, Canford Lane, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol
Plaque at Karrakatta War Cemetery, garden of remembrance, Perth, Western Australia
P Memorial Plaque, Western Australia War Memorial, Kings Park, Perth, WA, Australia
Bell Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Display, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
By The Way…
In 1909 he narrowly avoided death after being badly mauled by a lion while big game hunting
VC Held By
Western Australia Museum, Perth, Australia
