BOMONT, Arthur
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Wireless Operator |
| Last Unit: | SS Wimmera |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sinking of SS Wimmera, At Sea - approximately 24 nautical miles North-West by West of Hooper's Point, New Zealand, 26 June 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Campbell Australian Merchant Seamen Honour Roll, Tower Hill Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Wireless Operator, SS Wimmera |
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Survivors from the Wimmera have referred in terms of admiration to the heroic manner in which the wireless operator, Mr. Arthur Bomont, remained at his post when the disaster occurred.
Other evidence goes to show that when last seen Mr. Bomont was entering his cabin, with the purpose of using his emergency apparatus - in an attempt to send out an "S.O.S" signal. For some years Mr. Bomont was a member of the first Northcote (N.Z.) troop of Boy Scouts, which he joined soon after his arrival in New Zealand, as a lad from Glasgow, where he was born, and was attached for some, time to the Boys' Brigade. As a Scout leader his influence amongst his comrades was remarkable, and subsequently, when attached to the territorials, his manly qualities and high sense of honor made for him many friends. In the early stages of the war Mr. Bomont was wireless operator in the Talune, and he was subsequently engaged on various intercolonial steamers and vessels trading between Sydney and Brisbane.