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Richard BOND

Regimental number2011
Place of birthRanelagh, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Ranelagh, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrightsides, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs R Bond, Brightsides, New Norfolk, Tasmania
Enlistment date18 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Makatini on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 March 1917
Date of death27 March 1917
Age at death30
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 9), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
106
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 4763 Francis John BOND, 12th Bn, killed in action, France, 6-10 April 1917; 2901 William BOND, 12th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 23-26 July 1916.

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