BOND, Reginald Rupert
| Service Number: | 340 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lillimur, Kaniva, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Kaniva, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Kaniva, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Draper Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey Special Memorial 4 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit Great War Roll of Sacrifice, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 340, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 340, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 340, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 24 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 340, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 340 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry and Edith Constance Bond of Kaniva, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He was a member of the Kaniva Rifle Club
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
340 Lance Corporal Reginald Rupert Bond was born in Kaniva Victoria. He and his best mate, Dan O’Leary were both working at Walbran & Co merchants in Rushworth when they decided to enlist. Both men were shot either in the boats or close to where they landed near Fishermans Hut on the morning of April 25 1915. Another man from Rushworth, Alf Baldwin 7th Battalion was killed at the same time and buried in the same cemetery.
An eye-witness account says that Reg and Dan died within seconds of each other. They had just come ashore when Reg Bond was shot dead. Private George Silver later verified that “Dan O’Leary, his pal, took his cap from him, put it on and down he went, holed like Reg. It may sound far-fetched – two men killed wearing the same cap – but I saw it.”
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