Desmond Clyde Bell (born 23 May 1923) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.59.
Personal life Bell was born at Creswick, Victoria on 23 May 1923.Service Record. He married Nina Helen Dora Thomson in 1948.Engagements: Thomson—Bell, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 September 1946), p.10.
Bell served overseas as a gunner in the Australian Army during the Second World War.Nominal Roll.
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References
World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Desmond Clyde Bell (VX113976), Department of Veterans' Affairs. World War Two Nominal Roll: Gunner Desmond Clyde Bell (VX113976), National Archives of Australia.
External links
Des Bell, at Demonwiki.