William Henry BOND MM

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Service Number:	3689
Enlisted:	19 August 1915, Holdsworthy
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 7 April 1898
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3689, 13th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3689, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3689, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
6 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
26 Apr 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, For courage and determination in an attack on an enemy strong point and trench at Gueudecourt on the morning of 21 February 1917, acting with skill and coolness as a bomb thrower in progressing along the trench and owing to his tenacity of purpose was one of the first to reach the objective where he showed great bravery in the face of a German counter bombing attack.
25 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
11 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3689, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, GSW right knee and right hand
6 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3689, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3689 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-06

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