BONE, William Stanley
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wanganui, New Zealand, 3 June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Longueville, Lane Cove, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1941, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Lance Cove Longueville Public School WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Honoured Military Cross, Stormy Trench | |
| 22 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Stanley Bone enlisted at the outbreak of the war, in August 1914, and served with the Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914). He reenlisted as a Second Lieutenant with the 13th Battalion during August 1915.
He was married in 1916, just three days prior to leaving for overseas and he and his wife, Violet, were to live at Longueville, Sydney, New South Wales.
His younger brother Private Charles Frederick Bone Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., was killed in action in France on 21 June 1916, aged 18 years.
He fought at Pozieres and was promoted to Lieutenant soon after.
The 13th Battalion next battered the Germans out of Stormy trench on the eve of their retirement in February 1917, the fighting in which Captain Murray won his Victoria Cross. The Battalion suffered around 60 killed and died of wounds due to the heavy fighting for Stormy trench on 4 February 1917. William Bone was in charge of a Company of the 13th Battalion and was awarded a Military Cross for his efforts at Stormy Trench, ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his company in the attack with great courage and initiative. Later he personally supervised the consolidation of the position, and was indefatigable in his efforts throughout.'
Captain William Bone was badly wounded in action on 30 April 1918, shrapnel wounds to both ankles and fractures to his shins. He was evacuated to England where both his feet were amputated. He was in hospitals in England until late November 1918. A determined man, he was granted leave with pay and subsistence money for 11 months on 28 December 1918 to do a course of commercial subjects at Manchester University. He returned to Australia on 7 February 1920, having enlisted in August 1914.
During 1934 he was vice president of the Sydney Limbless Soldiers Association. Captain William Bone M.C. passed away in Sydney during 1941, at only 53 years of age.
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