BOND, Sydney Stanna
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 February 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School, Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | University of Qld Student |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), St Lucia Emmanuel College Dining Room Memorial Plaque, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 Honour Board, Toowoomba Grammar School WW1 In Memoriam Honour Board, Toowoomba St. Luke's Church Memorial Altar, University of Queensland WW1 Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 25th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Matriculated March 1914 in Arts.
At St Luke's Church of England, Toowoomba, yesterday morning, the Ven. Archdeacon Rivers performed the ceremony of installing an altar commemorative of the late Capt. Sydney Stanna . Bond (killed in action in France), only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bond, of Brisbane, and grandson of Mrs. W. H. Groom, sen., of Toowoomba. The service was most impressive.
CAPTAIN SID BOND.
A BRAVE LIFE LAID DOWN
Some families seem destined to make heroic sacrifices in this fight for the freedom of Christian civilisation. It was a great honour to be called upon to share with the historic martyrs of all the ages and with the Founder of Christianity. Himself the laying down of one's earthly life for one's friends - and for others as well— but it is also a trial and a tragedy for the parents and the families of the fearless Crusaders. The wrench is a sad shock. And yet the glory completely transcends the bitterness of bereavement. For "there is no death," but "transition," for the sterling solider whose sacrifice is the supreme sympathy. Advice yesterday revealed the fact that Captain Sid Bond, only son (and only child) of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bond, of Albemarle, Crescent-road, Hamilton, Brisbane) has been killed in action at the front. Mr. L. M. Bond is managing director of Messrs. Perry Bros, Ltd., of Brisbane.
Captain Bond was a cousin of Privates Lit C. Groom, Colin C. Groom, and "Ted" Marlay, each and all of whom have recently given their young lives for Australia and Australians. Captain Bond was only 22 years of age. He was well known in Toowoomba, and a grandson of Mrs. W. H. Groom, of Millbrook— her fourth grandson to show his patriotism by devoting his all to the sacred cause of liberty. Captain Bond was formerly a student of the Toowoomba Grammar School, and subsequently graduated at the Queensland University. He proceeded to the front early in the war; he was already a militia officer. He went to Egypt and as a lieutenant, saw active service on Galiipoli. Later he returned to Australia with a number of wound ed Anzacs. He then went to France and had participated in some very severe battles. A pathetic and remarkable incident is; that about three weeks ago, a letter received from Captain Bond contained a plan of the battle of Lagincourt, where the Australians smashed the Prussian Guards. Captain Bond said that he had visited the soldier grave of his cousin, Colin Campbell Groom, at Lagnicourt, and hoped to be spared to bring to his uncle (Mr. Fred Groom) some mementoes of the field of battle etc. And now, like his sturdy young cousin, Captain Bond has been promoted to a higher sphere. The intelligence was wired from Hon, L. E. Groom to Mr. F. W. Groom yesterday afternoon.
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