| Date of enlistment | 12th July 1915 |
| Rank at enlistment | Private |
| Company | |
| Significant events while with the AIF | Wounded in Action – Broodseinde
Hospitalised sick twice Promoted to Corporal |
Summary of Corporal Bellis WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455
| Date | Location | Event |
| 12th September 1918 | Australia | Discharged |
| 21st March 1918 | Australia | Disembarked Melbourne |
| 30th January 1918 | England | Returned to Australia on A14 Euripides |
| 8th December 1917 | England | Discharged from 1st Auxiliary Hospital to No.2 Command Depot Weymouth |
| 30th November 1917 | England | Transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital Harefield |
| 11th October 1917 | England | Admitted to Bath Military Hospital |
| 10th October 1917 | France | Embarked to England on HS Warilda |
| 6th October 1917 | France | Admitted 3rd Stationary Hospital Rouen |
| 4th October 1917 | Belgium | Wounded in Action – gunshot wound fractured left elbow |
| 4th August 1917 | France | Promoted to Corporal |
| 26th June 1917 | France | Promoted to Lance Corporal |
| 14th May 1917 | France | Re-joined unit |
| 9th May 1917 | England | Proceeded overseas from Folkestone |
| 4th April 1917 | England | Marched in to Draft Depot from No.1 Command Depot Perham Down |
| 15th March 1917 | England | Discharged from Bath Hospital |
| 28th November 1916 | England | Admitted Bath War Hospital |
| 27th November 1916 | France | Embarked at Le Havre for England on HS Asturias – sprained ankle |
| 26th March 1916 | France | Disembarked Marseille |
| 19th March 1916 | Egypt | Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle |
| 21st February 1916 | Egypt | Re-joined unit |
| 17th February 1916 | Egypt | Transferred to hospital, sick |
| 8th January 1916 | Egypt | Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir |
| 25th October 1915 | Egypt | Disembarked Alexandria |
| 29th September 1915 | Australia | Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley |
| 12th September 1915 | Australia | Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion |
| 28th July 1915 | Australia | Marched into Broadmeadows depot |

FIRST WORLD WAR TIMELINE