Henry Bond BASSHAM MM

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Service Numbers:	6607, S74984
Enlisted:	28 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, 31 August 1887
Home Town:	Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	23 May 1970, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Waikerie General Cemetery, SA South Australia
Memorials:

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6607, 10th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6607, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide
23 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6607, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 10th Infantry Battalion

21 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, S74984, 8th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Cadell, SA
21 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S74984
21 Sep 1945:	Discharged

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Some sources show his middle name as Boud but Bond is the more likely as this was his mother's maiden surname.

His birth was registered incoorectly as Henry Hood Bassham.

Births Dec 1887 Bassham Henry Hood Walsingham 4b 289.

The record of the marriage of his parents is as follows:

Marriages Sep 1879 BASSHAM Charles William Walsingham 4b 453

Bassman Charles William Walsingham 4b 453
Bond Sarah Elizabeth Walsingham 4b 453

Boud Sarah Elizabeth Walsingham 4b 453

His mother's birth record is one of the following:

Births Sep 1854 Bond Sarah Elizabeth Docking 4b 294

Births Jun 1859 Bond Sarah Elizabeth Swaffham 4b 415

He was awarded the Military Medal.