BONNAR, Roderick Lindsay Donald
| Service Number: | 1361 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Hillgrove, New South Wales, 9 June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Barmera, Berri and Barmera, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Accountant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Barmera, South Australia, 7 August 1956, aged 64 years |
| Cemetery: |
Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section F; Row B; Plot 10 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New), Adelaide National Australia Bank WW1 Honour Board, Magill Honour Board |
Biography
Father: unknown & Mother Mary Bonnar, living at Rosslyn Park, Magill, South Australia.
On enlisting Roderick was 23yrs 1mth old; single; 5' 2" tall; 144 pounds; fair complexion; hazel eyes; light brown hair; Anglican; working as a bank accountant; living with mother at Magill.
23/7/1915 Enlisted at Keswick South Australia
27/10/1915 Embarked from Outer Harbour onboard HMAT A24 Benalla
Private with 3rd Light Horse Brigade, 9th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcements
27/1/1916 mumps, Heliopolis
9/2/1916 returned to duty
28/10/1916 transferred to 9th regiment, Moascar
19/4/1917 wounded in action - gun shot wound to head, chest & right arm and shoulder,
received near Gaza, Palestine evacuated to hospital
11/7/1917 Embarked at Suez, Egypt onboard Port Sydney, for return to Australia
19/11/1917 discharged (total service 2yrs 120 days)
Medals - 1914/15 Star 5730; British War medal 6800; Victory medal 6737
Last lived at Barmera, South Australia.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.
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