BONNAR, Malcolm Cornelius
| Service Numbers: | 1836, S70371 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915, Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
| Born: | Jamestown, SA, 14 January 1888 |
| Home Town: | Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 10 September 1975, aged 87 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia East Area Rose Bed C6 11 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Magill Honour Board, Norwood Football Club War Veterans, Postmaster General's Department Adelaide |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1836, Army Signals Corps, Keswick, SA | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 1836, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 1836, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Apr 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, S70371 | |
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| 14 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S70371, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Adelaide, SA | |
| 29 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John James BONNAR and Mary nee CORNELIUS, Roslyn Road, Magill, SA
Military Cross
'For marked gallantry and good work. On the night 7th/8th October, 1918, at Joncourt, when the group received orders which necessitated a hurried move, he connected all brigades and batteries to group headquarters by wire, and remained on the lines all night under heavy shell fire. He also laid and maintained a wire of 4,000 yards in length back to the artillery liaison officer with American Infantry Brigade Headquarters. Again, on the night 9th-10th October, he, with his section, went forward and established and maintained communication between batteries and group headquarters under heavy bombing by aeroplanes.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 30
Date: 25 March 1920
By WW2 Malcolm was a Manufacturing Engineer and founded with his brother Scott Bonnar the company called Scott Bonnar Ltd. (formed in 1926) and began selling electric lawnmowers. They set up a welding workshop and brass-foundry at 3 Chapel Street, Thebarton, South Australia, manufacturing brassware until at least 1927. By 1924 Scott Bonnar & Co. had a workshop at 22 Mill Street, Adelaide, repairing and regrinding lawn mowers.
By 1939 their factory was located between Beans Road and Holland Street, Southwark, South Australia.[9] By 1948 they were also making electric hedge trimmers.
In 1950 Scott Bonnar Ltd, lawnmower and brassware manufacturers, was restructured as a public company, whose directors were M. C. Bonnar, M. F. Bonnar, L. W. Harris and A. L. Slade.
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