Sydney Raymond BOND

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BOND, Sydney Raymond

Service Number:	2336
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 25 August 1893
Home Town:	Woollahra, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2336, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2336, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 2336, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2336 awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

HERO

(I received this information from a John Ellis)...

Sydney Bond joined the 20th Battalion in 1915. He and three other Diggers, armed with rifle grenades, stormed a German trench at Lagnicourt in April 1917 and forced the surrender of 25 Germans. They advanced to a village where there was a defended ridge. They overpowered the defence and caused another 27 Germans to surrender. Major General Smythe, VC, commanding the 2nd Australian Division, recommended the four for the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Higher authority approved the lesser Military Medal. Advice from the Australian War Memorial in Canberra indicates the recommendation was probably downgraded to comply with the quota of DCMs awarded. Sydney Bond was killed a week later at Bullecourt. Major General Smythe’s son, Lieutenant Commander Dacre Smythe, was on the staff at the Naval College when I (John Ellis) was a cadet midshipman.

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