Service Details
Name:
 BELL
Given Name:
 OLIVER MELROSE
Initials:
 O M
Service No:
 134777
Rank:
 Major
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 31 Road Construction Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1943-04-07
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Age:
 37
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 M B E, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MBE LG Sup 18 February 1943 pg. 859; MID LG Sup 15 December 1942 pg. 5447
Additional
Information:
Son of William H. and Helen M. Bell; husband of Ileene P. C. Bell, of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. (B.Sc. Eng.); A.M.I.C.E.
Commemoration
Country:
 Tunisia
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Cemetery:
 SFAX WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 VI. E. 23.

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