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Albert Joseph BOND

Regimental number2104
Place of birthYinnar, South Gippsland, Victoria
SchoolYinnar State School No 2419, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressYinnar, South Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8.5"
Weight177.5 lbs
Next of kinFather, George Bond, Yinnar, South Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 November 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A43 Barunga on 7 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 1 November 1918
Place of death or woundingPalestine
Date of death1 November 1918
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDamascus British War Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 52), Syria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
9
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Emily BOND, Yinnar, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Taken on strength, 3rd Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel-el-Kebir, 10 May 1916.

Detached to Imperial Camel Corps, Abbassia, 9 September 1916; taken on strength, 9 September 1916; marched out to 14th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, 11 September 1916; taken on strength, 11 September 1916.

Found guilty, 6 February 1917 of disobeying an order given personally by a Non Commissioned Officer: awarded 5 days’ Field Punishment No 2.

To Rest Camp, Port Said, 9 August 1917; admitted to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 12 August 1917 (pyrexia); discharged to Rest Camp, 25 August 1917; transferred to 31st General Hospital, 30 August 1917; discharged to duty, 26 September 1917; taken on strength, Anzac Base Depot Company, 26 September 1917.

Posted to 3rd Anzac Bn, 4 October 1917; rejoined 14th Company, Imperial Camel Corps, 6 October 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 18 November 1917.

To Non Commissioned Officer School, Abbassia, 22 February 1918; rejoined unit, 18 March 1918.

Transferred to 15th Light Horse Regiment and taken on strength, 1 July 1918.

To hospital, 21 October 1918; admitted to French Hospital, Damascus, 25 October 1918 (pneumonia and malaria); died of disease, 1 November 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BOND Albert Joseph

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