Edmund Matthew BOND

Regimental number30551
Place of birthLockhart, New South Wales
SchoolMelbourne Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressYarram, Lockhart, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, T Bond, Yarram, Lockhart, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 21, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/131/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBorn, 1894
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death21 September 1917
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row C, Grae No. 12), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and S. BOND, Yarran, Lockhart, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal