BOND, Samuel
| Service Number: | 747 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Liverpool |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stradbally, County Laios (formerly Queens County), Ireland, 28 September 1858 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Natural causes, West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1923, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Kempsey Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 747, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 747, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 747, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 5 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, 747, 20th Infantry Battalion, HT Themistocles, Devonport for return to Australia as over age - disembarking Sydney 3 January 1918 | |
| 30 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 747, 20th Infantry Battalion, Over age |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
The Macleay Chronicle reported that after sometimes suffering a baffling malady, Mr. Samuel Bond passed away at the residence of his father-in-law, "Montrose", West Kempsey on Friday, 14th December 1923, aged 65 years; and his funeral under direction of Mr. Jos T. Walker took place on Sunday, December 16 at West Kempsey, with Canon Ware officiating.
Deceased is survived by a widow, Edith MacLeay Bond daughter of Mr. W. T. Dangar, and two sons Richard Dangar Bond of Taylors Arm, and Henry Dangar Bond of Sydney.
The late Mr. Bond, who was a native of Queen's County Ireland, came to this country in 1881, and for a time travelled for Messrs McArthur & Co., but later in conjunction with Mr. John Bryson, now living at Mosman, he established business at Frederickton and Bowra, subsequently concentrating in Kempsey and making the firm name of Bryson and Bond a household word on this coast. In those days he took a keen interest in public affairs gave much time to municipal work as an alderman, and brilliantly served a term as Mayor.
Following the dissolution of the business partnership, Mr. Bond turned his attention to other activities; and
when the war broke out, his high sense of duty took him to the front, first at Gallipoli and then in France, his son Richard being there in the fray also.
Source: The Macleay Chronicle, 19 December 1923 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174202149
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