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BOND, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 6456 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toorak Gardens, SA, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Priest |
| Memorials: | Woodville Saint Margaret's Anglican Church Lych Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6456, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6456, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Woodville High School
Bond John Leslie was born in Toorak Gardens, South Australia. His birthday has not yet been discovered, but we can estimate that his birthday was sometime in May of the year 1893. The number of people in his family is also unknown but we do know that he does have a brother named William Harold Bond, who is also his kin. After school he became an theological student and a priest. His religion was christian but more specifically Anglican. At the time of enlistment John was 22 years and 9 months of age. John was described to have grey eyes and dark hair with two distinctive marks, standing at 5 ft and 6 3/4 inches equal to 169.545 cm.
Service papers
He enlisted on the 11th of January of the year 1916, in Adelaide, South Australia, later joining the 2/10th Infantry Battalion. This battalion was one of the few battalions which originated from South Australia. He served in this battalion 3 years and 97 days before being discharged due to injury.
Experiences of war
John experience many negative things throughout his time serving in the war. In his casualty form we can see that he was treated in hospital many times for illness and battle wounds. Due to being unfit for service, he was invalided to the UK in July 1918 and sent back to Australia in January 1919.