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Matthew Henry BOND

Regimental number367
Place of birthPimpinio, Victoria
SchoolPimpinio State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationAgent
AddressPimpinio PO, Pimpinio, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Bond, Pimpinio PO, Pimpinio, Victoria
Enlistment date15 May 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 8, Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/13/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 19 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll367A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station.
FateDied of wounds 12 January 1918
Date of death12 January 1918
Age at death24.10
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetry (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 6), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Susan and the late James BOND
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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