BOND, Albert George
| Service Numbers: | 3181, 3181A |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Wounds, Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK, United Kingdom, 29 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England Grave No. 2580, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3181, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3181, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3181, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion, France. Allotted new SN 3181A. | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3181A, 37th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3181A, 37th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW right thigh. Evacuated to England. Rejoined unit 23 May 1918. | |
| 8 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3181A, 37th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3181A, 37th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, GSW left thigh. Evacuated to England however died of wounds in Gloucester Hospital on 29 October 1918. | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 3181A, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3181A awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Albert George Bond was born in 1898 at Bendigo, Victoria to parents Edward and Ethel Beatrice Bond (nee Glasson).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 28th September, 1916 as an 18 year old, single, Farm Hand from West Bendigo, Victoria.
Private Albert George Bond, Service number 3181, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Medic (A7) on 16th December, 1916 with the 60th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 18th February, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to 15th Training Battalion at Hurdcott, Wiltshire from Australia on 18th February, 1917.
On 28th April, 1917 Private Bond was transferred to 67th Battalion at Windmill Hill Camp from 60th Battalion & taken on strength the same day.
Owing to the duplication of Regimental number, the letter “A” was added to Private Albert George Bond’s service number – 3181 to 3181A on 29th June, 1917.
He proceeded overseas to France via Southampton to reinforce 37th Battalion on 25th August, 1917. He was marched in to 3rd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Rouelles, France on 26th August, 1917. Private Bond was marched out to his Unit from 3rd A.D.B.D. on 31st August, 1917 & was taken on strength on 37th Battalion on 1st September, 1917.
Private Albert George Bond was wounded in action on 12th October, 1917. He was admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance on 12th October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right thigh. Private Bond was transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station then transferred to Ambulance Train. He was admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital at Rouen, France on 13th October, 1917. The Hospital admissions sheet records on the 16th November, 1917 “wounds healed but says he is still weak, Dizzy.” Private Bond embarked for England on Hospital Ship Panama on 17th October, 1917.
He was admitted to War Hospital at Stratford-on-Avon, England on 18th October, 1917 with gunshot wounds to right thigh – severe. He was discharged on 14th November, 1917 & was to then report to Hurdcott.
On 15th November, 1917 Private Bond was marched in to No. 3 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire. He was medically classified on 16th November, 1917 as B1 A1 (Fit for Light Duty only). Private Bond was medically assessed again on 29th November, 1917 & “felt weak” and was classified as B1 A2 (Fit for Overseas Training Camp in three to four weeks). He was improving & classified on 5th January, 1918 as B1 A3 (Fit for Overseas Training Camp in two to three weeks). Private Bond was classified as B1 A4 (fit for Overseas Training Camp when passed dentally fit) on 15th January, 1918.
Private Bond was admitted to Isolation Hospital from 20th February, 1918 to 26th February, 1918 with Scabies.
He was marched in to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire on 2nd March, 1918 then was marched in to 2nd Training Brigade at Fovant, Wiltshire on 15th March, 1918.
On 7th April, 1918 Private Bond was admitted to Group Hospital, No. 3 Command Depot with Tonsillitis & some Pharyngitis. He was discharged on 13th April, 1918 & was marched in from Hurdcott Hospital to 9th Training Battalion at Fovant on 16th April, 1918.
Private Bond proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on 13th May, 1918 from 9th Training Battalion at Fovant. He was marched in to New Zealand Base Depot at Etaples, France on 14th May, 1918 then marched out to join his Unit on 16th May, 1918. Private Bond rejoined his Unit in the Field on 23rd May, 1918.
He reported sick on 21st August, 1918 & was admitted to 10th Field Ambulance on 22nd August, 1918 – cause NYD (Not yet determined) Pyrexia (fever). Private Bond was transferred to 37th Casualty Clearing Station on 23rd August, 1918. He was transferred & admitted to 3rd General Hospital at Le Treport on 23rd August, 1918 with an “Inf. stomach”. Private Bond was transferred to Australian Convalescent Depot at Havre, France on 28th August, 1918. He was discharged to Base on 5th September, 1918 & marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France on 5th September, 1918. Private Bond was marched out from A.I.B.D. on 9th September, 1918 & rejoined his Battalion in the field on 24th September, 1918.
On 29th September, 1918 Private Albert George Bond was wounded in action (2nd occasion). He was admitted to 12th Casualty Clearing Station on 29th September, 1918 then transferred & admitted to 2nd General Hospital at Havre, France on 30th September, 1918 with gunshot wounds to left thigh. He was invalided to England wounded on 1st October, 1918.
Private Bond was admitted to V.A.D. Hospital at Cheltenham, England on 2nd October, 1918 with gunshot wound to left thigh – slight. He was admitted to Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester, England on 3rd October, 1918.
Private Albert George Bond died at 2 am on 29th October, 1918 at Red Cross Hospital, Gloucester, England from wounds received in action – gunshot wounds to left thigh was the official cause. The Hospital admissions form recorded “Severe pneumonia from which he died. The wound had healed.”
He was buried in Gloucester Old Cemetery, Gloucestershire, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/gloucester.html
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