Frederick Anthony (Tony) BONE

BONE, Frederick Anthony

Service Number: 213
Enlisted: 27 August 1914, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Trooper
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Regiment
Born: Inverell, NSW, 21 June 1887
Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: The Armidale School
Occupation: Station Manager
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
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Memorials: Armidale School War Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour, Inverell War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 213, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 213, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 213, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
29 May 1915: Involvement Trooper, 213, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 213 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-29

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Geroge Scobell and Eva Margaret BONE, Henderson Street, Iverell, NSW

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FREDERICK ANTHONY BONE (21.6.1887 - 29.5.1915)
Called Tony. - From Henderson Street, Inverell. His father was George Scobell Bone.
At TAS for 4½ years from June 1900 Dec. 1904. Football colours and Sergeant in Cadets. After leaving school he managed a property In northern Queensland for W.C. Bucknell.
Enlisted at Inverell. Served in 1st Australian Light Horse as a Trooper and Lance-Corporal. Killed at Gallipoli aged 27.
Buried Gallipoli 31 Shrapnel Valley Cemetery Anzac

Obituary: "Tony Bone was in every sense a magnificent specimen of manhood, of massive, athletic build, and powerful physique. He was one of the first batch of volunteers from the Inverell district." Brothers - His twin brother Robert Hayden Bone was at TAS for the same time exactly. Their older brother Belfield Bone was also at TAS. All 3 served in the 12th Light Horse at Gallipoli, Egypt and  Palestine. RH Bone was a Trooper and B. Bone a Lieut.

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