John Albert (chesty) BOND

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BOND, John Albert

Service Number:	21977
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 2
Last Unit:	Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 15 December 1929
Home Town:	Willoughby, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 25 April 1969, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Plot: 203 Q. E., Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canungra - The Grove - AATTV Row of Memory, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Manly War Memorial NSW, Parramatta Warrant Officer John 'Chesty' Bond Memorial Plaque, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour

Vietnam War Service

10 Mar 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 21977, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
10 Mar 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 21977
30 Jan 1969:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 21977, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
30 Jan 1969:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, 21977

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Biography

21977 Warrant Officer Class 2 John Albert Bond Age 39.
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
Bond, an Armoured Corps Advisor attached to the 7th South Vietnamese Cavalry was killed in action at 5.30 am during a enemy mortar and ground attack in Quang Tri Province, 150kms north of Da Nang on Anzac day 25th April 1969.
(Awarded the US Presidential Unit Citation for distinguished service in US Advisory Team 1)

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