Brian Bell (businessman)
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__NOTOC__ Sir Brian Ernest Bell
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n-born businessman who established a business empire in
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Philanthropy and honours

Bell supported the Port Moresby General Hospital (where he was chairman of the board), the Red Cross and the Port Moresby City Mission. He also served as deputy lord mayor of Port Moresby, a member of the PNG lands board, the Salvation Army advisory board and the PNG law and order committee. He was at one time chairman of UPNG Foundation, the NCD South Pacific Festival of Arts and the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. Bell also served as patron of AIESEC PNG University. He set up a school outside Port Moresby, helped in offering scholarships and funded many needy and deserving young Papua New Guineans. Bell was Honorary Consul General in Papua New Guinea for Norway and Sweden and was appointed a Knight of the
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and a Commander of the
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(Sweden) for his service in those positions. He also received the PNG Community Service Medal, Queen's Jubilee Medal, PNG Independence Medal and the Salvation Army's Order of Distinguished Auxiliary Service. Bell was appointed a Knight Commander of the
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(KBE) for his contributions to business and charity in Papua New Guinea's 1993 New Year's Day Honours List. He was appointed a Commander (Brother) of the Order of St John in 2004.


References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Brian 1928 births 2010 deaths Australian emigrants to Papua New Guinea Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Papua New Guinean Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of St John Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star 20th-century Papua New Guinean businesspeople Queensland University of Technology alumni People from Chinchilla, Queensland