Peter Garvin Bell

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Garnet Garvin and Ethel Eliza Bell (nee Hooper), of Matamata.

References:
  • CWGC
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

At the time of writing, We do not know where or how  Peter Bell died .The name of HMS Copra has been reported to appear on many records.  Although HMS Copra was never a sea-going vessel, the name appeared in the documentation recovered from their bodies, pay books and service records, and was understandably, but unfortunately, assumed to be name of the vessel they were serving on when they lost their lives. In fact, their documents only confirmed that the men were in the Royal Navy, and assigned to Combined Operations. They would probably have been serving on, or being carried by landing craft when they were lost, and it would not have been possible to identify and record the name at the time .

 

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
Peter Garvin Bell
Date of Birth:
29 May 1924
Next of Kin: 
G. G. Bell, Matamata, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Copra

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Lost at sea
Date of Death:
19 October 1944
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 7.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Peter Garvin Bell
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