Walter Sutherland Bell World War 1 records as stated in his official files.

Unit  				 Rank  	  Number   Next of kin		Height	Weight  Eye col.  Hair col.   Complexion
N.Z. Field Artillery.            Gunner   65195	   Mrs. Eliz. Bell	5' 7.5" 140lbs  brown	dark brown	ruddy
38th Reinforcements				   79 Oxford St. 		10stone
						   South Dunedin

Occupation	Last employer 		Last NZ address	   Religion	  Chest min.  Chest max.  4th Educational Std
Carpenter	Clark, Princes St.	79 Oxford St.	   Presby.		34	37		yes
		A&J Watt, Dunedin	South Dunedin

Medals: British War Medal.  Victory Medal.

Service in New Zealand: 245 days.
Service overseas: 1 year 119 days.
Total: 1 year 364 days.

Theatres of operation: Western European 1918.

Commenced service: 18 September 1917. (enlisted 15 June 1917) Classed as Fit.
Term of Service: Duration of War.
Attested: 15 June 1917.
Discharged: 17 September 1919.

Injuries in service:

Pension: A.F.B. received 25 August 1919. B.R. 125 received 10 October 1919.

History:
18 September 1917. posted to A/33 as private.
9 November 1917. Transferred to 36th N.Z.F.A. as gunner.
14 January 1918. altered to 37th N.Z.F.A. as gunner.
5 March 1918. altered to 38th N.Z.F.A. as gunner.
14 April 1918. entered on foreign service.
24 April 1918. embarked on 'Balmoral Castle.'
21 June 1918. disembarked in London, and to Ewshott.
26 June 1918. Marched in ex 38th reinforcements, N.Z. Field Reserve depot.
11 September 1918. proceeded overseas to France.
13 September 1918. marched in to camp Etaples.
16 September 1918. marched out to Division.
17 September 1918. posted to 12/Battery from Base.
17 April 1918. commenced active service.
26 February 1919. detached to U.K. 
9 March 1919. march in to O.P.D. Sling ex Germany.
28 April 1919. Sling Camp. W.O.A.S. failing to comply with an order, in that he when ordered to clean round 
	the huts did not do so. Forfeit 2 days gross pay.
2 July 1919. embarked on ss Somerset for New Zealand from Liverpool.
20 August 1919. returned to Wellington on 'Somerset.'

Date of birth and place: 3 August 1896 - Oamaru.
Date of death and place:

Address after the war: 79 Oxford St.
		       Dunedin