BOND, Andy
| Service Number: | 4509 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 November 1916, Kiama, New South |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia, 13 November 1883 |
| Home Town: | Wallaga Lake, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Berry, New South Wales, Australia, 11 October 1943, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Berry General Cemetery, New South Wales Kangaroo Valley Road, Berry, New South Wales. |
| Memorials: | Tilba District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kiama, New South | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 4509, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4509, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4509, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux | |
| 12 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Described on enlisting as 33 years old, single, 5' 7 1/2" tall; 150 lbs; black complexion;
brown eyes; black hair; Roman Catholic, scar on abdomen; of Wallaga Lake, Tilba Tilba NSW
Father Alick "Jacky" Bond and Mother Ellen Addie Gaddie (nee Demestre) (both Aboriginal)
of Tilba Tilba, NSW.
Andy Bond was born in Braidwood in 1883, he was an Aboriginal labourer and also went by the name of Andy AhHie.
13/11/1916 Enlisted at Kiama
13/11/1916 Completed medical - needs dental assistance - fit for service
15/11/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Andy to 30th Battalion, Liverpool camp.
25/11/1916 Embarked from Sydney on 'HMAT A72 Beltana'.
The HMAT A72 Beltana weighed 11,120 tons with an average cruise speed of 14 knots or 25.92 kmph. It was owned by the P & O SN Co, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until 14 September 1917.
29/1/1917 Disembarked into Devonport, England
18/2/1917 Admitted to the military hospital at Fovant for a week, suffering from
Bronchitis, in Fovant.
24/2/1917 Marched into 8th Training Battalion at Hurdocott, from camp hospital.
Whilst at Hurcott with the 14th Training Battalion on the 31st March he went Absent without Leave for 2 days and was awarded 10 days Field Punishment No.2 and forfeited 13 days pay amounting to £3 5s 0d.
18/9/1917 Admitted to hospital - sick
18/12/1917 Proceeded to France, ex Codord to reinforce 33rd Battalion, via Southampton
19/12/1917 Marched in ex Rouelles, France
22/12/1917 Taken on strength into 33rd Battalion, France
30/12/1917 Admitted to hospital - sick, France
14/1/1918 Rejoined unit in France
18/4/1918 Wounded in field - gassed, by a gas shell, France
20/4/1918 He was treated by 55th Field Ambulance and evacuated to 47th Casualty
Clearing Station and taken to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen.
21/4/1918 He was invalided to England aboard the 'Western Australia'
22/4/1918 Admitted to the Norfolk War Hospital, Norwich, England.
11/5/1918 He was discharged to No 2 Command Depot at Weymouth and returned
to Australia in August aboard the 'Essex'
1/8/1918 Disembarked into Sydney
12/10/1918 Discharged from the AIF at Sydney
Medically unfit - Disability, overage and debility
Medals:
Star 1914-15; British War medal (65767); Victory medal (63383).
Married 1: Wife 1: Butter (nee Thomas) Died 1926.
daughter of Peter THOMAS and Charlotte BURN
Married 2: Wife 2: Margaret (nee Penrith) b. 1912 Moyra, NSW.
daughter of Alfred PENRITH and Annie PIETY
m. 1926. Petersham, Sydney, NSW.
1930 Living at Bega.
11/10/1943 Andy died, leaving a daughter Evelyn Bond.
1953 Daughter Evelyn Bond living at Inverell.
Honour Rolls: Tilba Tilba
Living at Bega in 1930. Daughter Evelyn Bond living at Inverell 1953
Andy also used the name Andy AhHie
Braidwood Goal Records: 3/4 Caste [sic] 1894 – 1897 age 16 years
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 16 September 2014. Lest we forget.
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