[2] She is best known for her work with Australian Imperial Force (AIF) field hospitals in Egypt in World War I, and for her advocacy for the nursing profession.

[4] Bell moved to London in 1906, where she trained in midwifery at the then-named Queen Charlotte's Hospital where she was employed as deputy superintendent of nursing.

A later inquiry into the administration hospital vindicated her stand and paved the way for the 1916 reorganisation of the Australian Army Medical and Nursing Services.

She was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1944 New Year Honours in recognition of her work as president of the Royal Victoria College of Nursing.

[9] "Jane Bell Lane" located in the Queen Victoria Village retail precinct in Melbourne is named in her honour.