About William Henry Dillon Bell
Lived 1884 – 1917 (aged 33). William Henry Dillon Bell was a New Zealand politician.
William Henry Dillon Bell (1 March 1884 – 31 July 1917) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.
He won the Wellington Suburbs and Country seat in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1914, when he retired and volunteered for service in World War I. He served in the Samoa Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action in Belgium on 31 July 1917 as a Captain with a King's regiment, the 1st King Edward's Horse.
He was a son of Sir Francis Bell, a Reform Party leader and later the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister.
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Who was William Henry Dillon Bell?
New Zealand politician (1884-1917)
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William Henry Dillon Bell was born on 1 March 1884.
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William Henry Dillon Bell died on 31 July 1917.
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William Henry Dillon Bell was a politician.
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