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Donald Fraser Bell

Male 1889 - 1974  (84 years)


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  • Name Donald Fraser Bell 
    Born 26 Sep 1889  Dingleburn, Central Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Mar 1974  Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Surname BELL
      Forename(s) Donald Fraser
      Age 84 Years
      Gender Male
      Date of Birth Not recorded
      Date of Death 19/03/74
      Date of Burial 22/03/74
      Cemetery Name Hawea
      Location Block 4, Plot 1
      Burial Type Burial
      Occupation
      Place of Birth
      Notes Remarks: Died at Cromwell Hospital. Never married. Also burial and headstone of brother Dougald BELL on same site. Source: Hawea Cemetery Trust Death Notice: BELL, Donald Fraser (late of Hawea Flat) - On March 19, 1974 at Cromwell Hospital, loved brother of Dougal (Hawea), Frances (Mrs TAYLOR, Invercargill) Jess (Mrs BRUMBY, Winton) John (Blenheim), Margaret (Mrs BRUMBY Invercargill) and the late Cissie, Jean, Mary and Duncan, and loved uncle of Jessie (Mrs Reg MUIR Hawea Flat); in his eighty-fifth year. The funeral will leave the Presbyterian Church Hawea Flat after a service, commencing at 2pm on Friday March 22 for the Hawea Flat Cemetery. Cromwell & Southern Lakes Funeral Services Ltd, funeral directors, Cromwell.
    Buried 22 Mar 1974  Hawea Cemetery, Queenstown Lakes, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Headstone Donald Fraser Bell
    Headstone Donald Fraser Bell
    Donald Bell 19th March 1974
    Siblings 9 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Bell,   b. Abt 1800, Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandfather) 
    Jessie Fraser,   b. Abt 1860, Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1910, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • Full Name Donald Fraser Bell
      Forename(s) Donald Fraser
      Surname Bell
      War World War I, 1914-1918
      Serial No. 75461
      First Known Rank Private
      Occupation before Enlistment Shepherd
      Next of Kin Mrs H. Bell (wife), Timaru Creek, Hawea Flat, Otago Central, New Zealand
      Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
      Embarkation Unit 40th Reinforcements A Company
      Embarkation Date 10 July 1918
      Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand
      Transport HMNZT 107
      Vessel Tahiti
      Destination Plymouth, England
      Nominal Roll Number 86
      Page on Nominal Roll 4
      Archives NZ source Military personnel file
      Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1919
    Person ID I2168  Clark
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2012 

    Father Dougald Bell,   b. 1 Nov 1856, Killean and Kilchenzie, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 May 1920, Wanaka, Central Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Jessie Fraser,   b. Abt 1860, Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1910, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Family ID F565  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Helen Glendinning,   b. 1885,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 Dec 1916  Cromwell, Central Otago, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2012 
    Family ID F3881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart