BOND, James
Service Number: | 7612 |
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Enlisted: | 23 April 1917, Place of enlistment - Mitcham, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Leeds, England, 23 March 1878 |
Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
Schooling: | Garforth Church School, Leeds, York, England |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 24 April 1918, aged 40 years |
Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery Originally buried isolated grave 1/2 mile South east of Fouilloy and 1 mile South of Corbie, France. Later exhumed and reburied in Plot: III. Row C. Grave 5. 1 mile Sth-Sth East of Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery, France. His name is on Panel 174 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Crucifix Corner Cemetery, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7612, Place of enlistment - Mitcham, South Australia | |
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8 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7612, Tunnelling Companies, Embarked on HMAT 'A68' Anchises from Sydney --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
7 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7612, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7612 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Father James Elisha Bond
Mother Mrs Sarah Ann Patrick – m. St Saviour Cross Green Leeds 1868.
Next of kin:
On enlisting: Mothers name: Mrs Sarah Ann Parkinson, 11 Danby Street, off Cromwell Street, Leeds, England (10/8/1922).
In 1881 James was living with his grandparents in Garforth, Leeds
On his death circular: Mother Mrs S A Parkinson, lived at 22 Wilkinson Street, Cromwell Street, Leeds UK
Sister Mrs Ada Smith of 15 Pape Street, Cromwell, Leeds, York, England.
As a seaman he had been to Australia many times. He was last heard of by his family to be in Australia at age 39.
Previous service: 1 year 9 months British Royal Navy, UK as a Stoker.
Described on enlisting as 39 years 1 month old; single; 5’ 9” tall; 175 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; dark brown hair; Church of England.
23/4/1917 Enlisted at Mitcham as a Private with B Company
1/5/1917 Private with Tunnelling Company
2/5/1917 Completed medical – fit for service
16/5/1917 Private in C Company
16/6/1917 Private in Tunnelling Reinforcements
2/8/1917 Commanding Officer appointed James to Tunnelling Co. at Seymour
6/8/1917 Sapper in Tunnelling Company
8/8/1917 Embarked from Sydney on 'HMAT Anchises A68'
- as a SAPPER in the Tunnelling Reinforcements
The HMAT A68 Anchises weighed 10,046 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 kmph. It was owned by the Ocean SS Co Ltd, Liverpool, and leased by the Commonwealth until 12 October 1917.
2/10/1917 Disembarked into Liverpool, England
7/10/1917 Marched in from Australia Parkhouse
7/11/1917 Taken on strength and transferred to 5th Pioneers Battalion, Parkhouse camp
2/3/1918 Proceed overseas via Southampton to France and Sutton Veny
3/3/1918 Landed Le Havre, France
11/3/1918 Taken on strength from April reinforcements Tunnel Company
to 5th Reinforcement Battalion, France
24/4/1918 Killed in action in the field, France - Private, 5th Australian Pioneer Battalion
9/9/1918 Director of graves reported:-
Sapper Bond was buried in an isolated grave 1/2 mile South east
of Fouilloy and 1 mile South of Corbie, France
Sapper Bond was exhumed and reburied in
Plot: III. Row C. Grave 5
Crucifix Corner Cemetery
1 mile Sth-Sth East of Villers-Bretonneux Cemetery, France
His name is on Panel 174 of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Medals:
British War medal (58162) and Victory medal (57125);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (343946).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9 September 2014. Lest we forget.