Service: Australian Army
Service number: VX24062
Locality on Enlistment: Colac Victoria
Duration of Service: 7 Jun 1940 – 30 Dec 1942
Prisoner of War: No
Honours: None to display
Date and Place of Birth: 3 Jul 1907 Colac
Parents: John Thomas BELL and Isabella Magdalene BESLEY
Spouse: Joybelle Waring
School/s: Colac Primary
Occupation: Bricklayer
Date and Place of Death: 18 Apr 1974 Colac
Place of Burial: Colac cemetery
NOTES: A former Colac football player, Wally signed up to the Army with his brother John. They travelled to Alexandria (Egypt), Libya, Greece and then Crete. Wally escaped capture at Crete but received an injury which led to his discharge before the end of the war.