BOND, William Henry
| Service Number: | 3299 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Dimboola, Victoria, Australia, 20 March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruiterer |
| Died: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1978, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Dimboola Cemetery, Dimboola, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Dimboola Memorial High School WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3299, 12th Field Company Engineers | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 3299, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 3299, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 6 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 6th Field Company Engineers | |
| 5 Apr 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 3299, 12th Field Company Engineers, embarked Devonport for Melbourne on Board HT Armagh | |
| 10 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3299, 12th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Driver William Henry Bond (Service No:3299) enlisted in the AIF on 28 July 1915 and was a Sapper attached to 6th Field Coy Engineers when he embarked from Sydney on 24 November 1915 on Board HMAT A40 Ceramic. Driver Bond served with 6th and 12th Field Coy Engineers in France and embarked from Devonport for Melbourne on 5 April 1919 on board HT Armagh. Driver Bond was attached to 12th Field Coy Engineers at Discharge on 10 July 1919.
Born in Dimboola, Victoria in 1890, Bill was fifth of seven children of James Bond (b1848 in Miiddlesex, England) and Esther Jones (b1853 in Nairne, South Australia). James immigrated in 1857, arriving in Portland, Victoria on board the Mary Jane. He was a Farmer in the Wimmera in 1880 when he and Esther married in Horsham. They lived in Dart Dart and Dimboola where they raised their family and James was a Labourer.
Bill was a Fruiterer in Dimboola before enlisting in the AIF and, following his Discharge, in 1921 in Gerang Gerung married Margaret (Maggie) Alicia Haines (b1890 in Dimboola). Bill and Maggie lived in Dimboolla and Antwerp via Dimboola where they raised their family and Bill was a Fruiterer/Storekeeper. Maggie died in 1966 and Bill in 1978.
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