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William Henry Dillon Bell

William Henry Dillon Bell

New Zealand politician (1884–1917)

For the English/South African composer/musician, see William Henry Bell.

William Henry Dillon Bell (1 March 1884 – 31 July 1917) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

William Henry Dillon Bell, c. 1911
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He won the Wellington Suburbs and Country seat in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1914,[1] 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.[2]

He was a son of Sir Francis Bell, a Reform Party leader and later the first New Zealand-born Prime Minister.

References

  1. [1]
    Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 95.
  2. [2]
    "William Henry Dillon Bell". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.


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