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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.